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There is a strong focus on youth at Public Safety. Because the youth population here is relatively small (Roosevelt Island has approximately 2,500 young people between the ages of 1 and 17), many of the Public Safety Department's officers are familiar with individual island youths. Often we get to know them because they drop in at headquarters and ask for help in sealing a leaking bicycle tire or basketball, to register bicycles or other needs they may have.