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New York City Hospital Police

Excellence in Public Safety & Com- munity Resilience

The New York City Health and Hos- pitals Police ( NYHP ) provides on-

site critical law enforcement services and se- curity services at the 18 NYC hospitals and clinics operated by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp ( HHC ) and en- forcing state and city laws at those facilities .

The New York City Health and Hos- pitals Police , under the leadership of Chief Juan

Checo , stood on the front lines securing the perimeters of the city s public hospitals , led the COVID-19 quarantine / isolation ef- fort , and responded to and assisted patients in crisis who were suffer- ing from COVID-19 , many of which are members of the city ' s most vulnerable populations , and the frontline healthcare profession- als and support members that pro- vide them care .

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( Healthcare workers across the nation are facing increasing inci- dents of violent encounters on the job . Meet some of the people that protect them . Courtesy of NYC Health and Hospitals Kings County and YouTube .)
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