Hi Judy, Did you try the Brooklyn Historical Society? http://www.brooklynhistory.org/ NYC Muni has this which may include Brooklyn Police. Civil List, 1883-1967/68 Annual list of civil service employees. Published as an annual supplement to the City Record, the Civil List recorded the name of every employee of the City of New York, his or her home address, annual salary, and date of entrance into the civil service. The listings are broken down by department and further subdivided by functional unit such as precinct, within the police department. The names are not indexed. Best wishes, Barb -----Original Message----- From: Judi [email protected] I recently requested my 2X great grandfather's records from the NYPD...The trouble seems to be that he retired in 1892, and "Brooklyn was not consolidated into the municipality of NYC" until 1898. Documents from that period are not maintained within the NYCPD for that reason. Judi