To the Point with Ed Mullins of the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association interviews on important topics, politics, and policing. The NYPD sergeant represents the first line of leadership in the world's largest municipal police department. For more than 150 years the three inverted Vs on their sleeves - commonly referred to as stripes or chevrons - indicate the sergeant's integral role in frontline leadership as it relates to public safety.