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'''''Spring 3100''''' is a [[magazine]] published by the [[New York Police Department]] for current and retired members of the service.<ref name="nyt77">{{cite news|title=Police Department Magazine Struggling to Survive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/06/archives/police-department-magazine-struggling-to-survive.html|accessdate=12 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=6 December 1977}}</ref> It was first published in March 1930, at the direction of Police Commissioner [[Grover Whalen]].<ref>NYPD General Order #8, 1930</ref><ref name="nyt77"/> 

The name comes from the six-digit telephone number for Police Headquarters at the time the magazine was founded: SPring 3100.  At the time, Police Headquarters was located at 240 Centre Street between Grand and Broome, which was in the geographical area covered by the "Spring" telephone exchange. When telephone numbers in New York changed to seven digits, in the late 1930s, the telephone number of Police Headquarters became SPring 7-3100, but the magazine retained the old number as its name.  <ref name="nyt77"/> The magazine's original format size was 11.5" x 9", but in 1955 it was changed to 9.5" x 7". 

Spring 3100 serves as the internal magazine for the NYPD. Historically it has provided information on notable members of the Department, promotions, transfers, decorations, significant arrests, technical information and Patrol Guide updates, command activities, and death notices. It was also highly popular with other law enforcement agencies around the world for the invaluable material found within its pages.

Before 1971, the magazine enjoyed higher levels of [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] and had 35,000 [[Subscription business model|subscribers]].<ref name="nyt77"/> 

In May 1971, the magazine ceased publication, and its staff reassigned, but was brought back in February 1972.<ref name="nyt77"/> Its return was short-lived. In 1979, citing a severe manpower shortage, Police Commissioner [[Robert J. McGuire|Robert McGuire]] made the decision to cease publication.<ref>NYPD Spring 3100  Vol. 50, #5/6, Pg #10</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Some NYPD Publications|url=http://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/nypd|work=Lloyd Sealy Library|accessdate=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213001306/http://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/nypd|archive-date=13 February 2017|url-status = live}}</ref> In 1988, at the direction of Police Commissioner [[Lee P. Brown]], the magazine returned in a standard size format and has remained in publication since.

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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050405195949/http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/html/3100.html Spring 3100 official page]
* [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4040420 WorldCat record]
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[[Category:Magazines established in 1930]]
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