NYPD commissioner appointment in limbo after Bill de Blasio elected
Chief of Department Philip Banks III and ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton are considered leading candidates for the job of top cop when de Blasio takes office in January.
Comments (12)By Tina Moore / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 11:52 PM
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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, leaving Brooklyn home Wednesday, said he wants to fill key posts quickly but was mum on choices for new NYPD commish.
The clock is ticking for the newly elected mayor to name a police commissioner — the first changing of the guard at the NYPD in 12 years.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he wanted to put as many “key players in place as possible, as quickly as possible.” But he stopped short of providing a timeline.
Chief of Department Philip Banks III — the highest-ranking black cop on the force — and ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton are considered leading candidates for the job.
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“De Blasio’s got a tough road ahead of him,” said criminologist John Eterno, a retired NYPD captain. “He’s got to pick somebody who will fit with his views but still combat crime and terrorism.”
De Blasio has repeatedly said he would replace Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, due in large part to the controversial stop-and-frisk tactic. Kelly has said it’s a valuable policing tool, while de Blasio said blacks and Latinos have been unfairly targeted.
Eterno, of Molloy College on Long Island, said he received a call from a third party seeking his advice on de Blasio’s selection for top cop. “I suggested a number of things he should do, and one of them is to pick somebody who’s not currently in the NYPD,” he said. “He’s going to need somebody to come in and make some changes in terms of stop-and-frisk.”
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he wanted to put as many “key players in place as possible, as quickly as possible.” But he stopped short of providing a timeline.
Chief of Department Philip Banks III — the highest-ranking black cop on the force — and ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton are considered leading candidates for the job.
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Susan Watts/New York Daily News
Chief of Department of the NYPD Philip Banks is favored to replace NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.
De Blasio has repeatedly said he would replace Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, due in large part to the controversial stop-and-frisk tactic. Kelly has said it’s a valuable policing tool, while de Blasio said blacks and Latinos have been unfairly targeted.
Eterno, of Molloy College on Long Island, said he received a call from a third party seeking his advice on de Blasio’s selection for top cop. “I suggested a number of things he should do, and one of them is to pick somebody who’s not currently in the NYPD,” he said. “He’s going to need somebody to come in and make some changes in terms of stop-and-frisk.”
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