Policing a Changed City

Through large-scale photography and original interview footage on interactive displays, the exhibit immerses visitors in a behind-the-scenes view of what it means to secure New York City. The exhibition documents the significant transformation of the NYPD from a traditional crime-fighting organization to one that places an equally strong focus on counterterrorism.

EVD worked closely with the NYC Police Museum and directly with the NYPD, interviewing top-ranking officers and commissioners to develop content and collect materials for the exhibition. Like a bank of monitors in a control-room, the imaged walls create a real-time feel of NYC street life while depicting the NYPD in its many modes of operation. Narrative is provided on translucent fabric panels which also control the window illumination. Statistics relaying the scale and diversity of New York City serve to remind visitors of the challenge and responsibility of protecting the city. Interactives developed for the exhibit feature interviews of NYPD Liaison officers stationed in 12 foreign cities. Visitors are offered a unique window into the personal stories of these officers and their experiences as NYPD officers abroad as they have never before been allowed to be interviewed. The Real Time Crime Center interactive allows visitors to solve real crimes with an interface that emulates the NYPD’s RTCC software.