2005: Three hundred New York State Troopers rotated in and out of New Orleans for a period of 3 months to assist local law enforcement in keeping order after the city was leveled by Hurricane Katrina...
2004: State Police utilize 300 members to conduct a multiagency initiative aimed at helping 15 counties outside of New York City with high crime rates.
2002: Modeled after the New York/New Jersey HIDTA, the State Police developed a central repository for the numerous databases used by law enforcement agencies across the state.
2001: As a result of September 11, 2001, the state had a need to provide security to infrastructure in order to protect it against potential future terrorist attacks.