New York City Police Commissioner
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. The commissioner is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department as well as the appointment of deputies including the Chief of Department and subordinate officers. Commissioners are civilian administrators, and they and their subordinate deputies are civilians under an oath of office, not sworn members of the force. This is a separate position from the Chief of Department, who is the senior sworn uniformed member of the force. The First Deputy Commissioner is the Commissioner and department's second-in-command. The office of the Police Commissioner is located at the NYPD Headquarters, One Police Plaza. Both the commissioner and first deputy commissioner outrank all uniformed officers, including the chief of department.
Simeon Draper, who was one of the original 1857 Board of Police Commissioners
New York Police Department Superintendent John Alexander Kennedy
Abram Duryée
Joel B. Erhardt
New York City Police Department
The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States.
NYPD Police officer in uniform at the US Women's Soccer Team ticker-tape parade in 2019
NYPD Sergeant searching through a cruiser covered in debris during 9/11
Officers from the Emergency Service Unit
Police boat patrolling the East River