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A precinct police station in New York City.

In the United States, a police precinct is a geographical area patrolled by a police force. The term "precinct" may also refer to the main police station for such a geographical area.

Practices and cultures of policing often vary considerably from one precinct to another.^[1]

Police departments using the precinct system include the following:

New York City Police Department (see Organization of the New York City Police Department#Police precincts)
Boston Police Department
Portland Police Bureau
Seattle Police Department
Buffalo Police Department
Detroit Police Department
Chicago Police Department
Suffolk County Police Department
Nassau County Police Department

See also

References

^ Hassell, Kimberly D. (2007). "Variation in police patrol practices: The precinct as a sub‐organizational level of analysis". Policing. 30 (2): 257–276. doi:10.1108/13639510710753252. Retrieved 2020-01-26.

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