New York City Police Commissioner
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The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing the Police Board and office of police chief with a single police commissioner.
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[edit] Commissioners
List of police commissioners:
[edit] Pre 1901
Prior to 1901, the NYPD was run by a board of 4 to 6 commissioners that jointly ran the department. The following is a list of some of the most famous members of the Police Commission:
- George W. Matsell, Superintendent [1]
- John Alexander Kennedy 1860-1863
- Abram Duryée 1873
- Theodore Roosevelt 1895-1897, Superintendent
- John McCullagh 1897-1898, Superintendent
- William S. Devery 1898-1901, Superintendent. The Superintendent title was changed to Chief of Police in 1898. Devery was the Police Department's last Superintendent, and first Chief of Police.
[edit] Post-1901
- Michael C. Murphy 1901-1902
- John N. Partridge 1902-1903
- Francis V. Greene 1903-1904
- William McAdoo 1904-1906
- Theodore A. Bingham 1906-1909
- William F. Baker 1909-1910
- James C. Cropsey 1910-1911
- Rhinelander Waldo 1911-1913
- Douglas I. McKay 1913-1914
- Arthur Woods 1914-1918
- Frederick H. Bugler 1918
- Richard E. Enright 1918-1925
- George V. McLaughlin 1926-1927
- Joseph A. Warren 1927-1928
- Grover A. Whalen 1928-1930
- Edward P. Mulrooney 1930-1933
- James S. Bolan 1933
- John F. O'Ryan 1934
- Lewis J. Valentine 1934-1945
- Arthur W. Wallander 1945-1949
- William P. O'Brien 1949-1950
- Thomas F. Murphy 1950-1951
- George P. Monaghan1951-1953
- Francis W.H. Adams 1954-1955
- Stephan P. Kennedy 1955-1961
- Michael J. Murphy 1961-1965
- Vincent L. Broderick 1965-1966
- Howard R. Leary 1966-1970
- Patrick V. Murphy 1970-1973
- Donald F. Cawley 1973-1974
- Michael Codd 1974-1977
- Robert J. McGuire 1978-1983
- Benjamin Ward 1984-1989
- Richard J. Condon 1989-1990
- Lee P. Brown 1990-1992
- Raymond W. Kelly 1992-1993
- William J. Bratton 1994-1996
- Howard Safir 1996-2000
- Bernard Kerik 2000-2001
- Raymond W. Kelly 2002-present
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Lankevich, George L. (1998). American Metropolis: A History of New York City. NYU Press, p. 85. ISBN 0814751865.
