{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-14-102","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 14-102","heading":"§ 14-102 Composition of force.","body":"Until otherwise provided by the mayor, upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the police force in the police department, shall consist of the following ranks of members, to wit:\n\n1. Captains of police, not exceeding in number one to each fifty of the total number of police officers, in addition to the number detailed to act as inspectors;\n\n2. Lieutenants of police, not exceeding four in number to each fifty of the total number of police officers;\n\n3. Sergeants not exceeding six in number to each fifty police officers;\n\n4. Surgeons of police, not exceeding forty in number, one of whom shall be chief surgeon;\n\n5. A veterinarian;\n\n6. Police officers to the number of seven thousand eight hundred thirty-nine.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 14","Chapter 1: Police Department"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"d0939615cab5f34732545ddea676d2a09de073af65ef39a25a8c47f5defaae57","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-14-101","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-14-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}