Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department

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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
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Shield of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
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Common name	Port Authority Police Department
Abbreviation	PAPD
Motto	Pride - Service - Distinction
Agency overview
Formed	June 1, 1928
Preceding agency	Port of New York Authority
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New York, New York & New Jersey, U.S.
Legal jurisdiction	New York and New Jersey
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	The Port Authority Technical Center Jersey City, New Jersey
Police Officers	1,945[1]
Agency executive	Edward T. Cetnar, Superintendent of Police/Director, Public Safety Department
Parent agency	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Facilities
Commands/Facilities	25 Auto Marine Terminal Brooklyn Port Authority Marine Terminal (a combined terminal of Brooklyn Piers and Red Hook Container Terminal) Howland Hook Marine Terminal Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal John F. Kennedy International Airport LaGuardia Airport Newark Liberty International Airport Teterboro Airport Downtown Manhattan Heliport Lincoln Tunnel Holland Tunnel George Washington Bridge Goethals Bridge Outerbridge Crossing Bayonne Bridge Port Authority Bus Terminal George Washington Bridge Bus Station Port Authority Trans-Hudson AirTrain Newark AirTrain JFK The Teleport World Trade Center Port Authority Technical Center
Website
panynj.gov

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, or Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), is a law enforcement agency in New York and New Jersey, the duties of which are to protect and to enforce state and city laws at all the facilities, owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the bi-state agency running airports, seaports, and many bridges and tunnels within the Port of New York and New Jersey. Additionally, the PAPD is responsible for other PANYNJ properties including three bus terminals (the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station and Journal Square Transportation Center), the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, and the PATH train system. The PAPD is the largest transit-related police force in the United States.^[2]