New York City Police Commissioner
Police Commissioner of the City of New York |
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Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | Mayor of New York City |
Term length | Five years Renewable at Mayor's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | New York City Charter[1] |
Inaugural holder | George W. Matsell (as Superintendent) |
Formation | 1845 |
Deputy | First Deputy Commissioner |
Website | Office of the Commissioner |
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department. The Commissioner is appointed by the Mayor, and serves at the Mayor's pleasure.[1] The Commissioner is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the department as well as the appointment of deputies and subordinate officers. Commissioners are civilian administrators, and they and their subordinate deputies are civilians under an oath of office, not uniformed members of the force who are sworn officers of the law. There is a separate position of Chief of Department, the holder of which serves as the senior sworn uniformed member of the force.[2]
Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts as Governor of New York before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, continued reforms he began when he was Police Superintendent by signing legislation that replaced the police commission and office of Police Chief (previously superintendent) with a single Police Commissioner.[3]
The current Police Commissioner is William J. Bratton, who was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio and took office on January 1, 2014. The longest serving Commissioner was Raymond W. Kelly who served for 13 years in two separate appointments (1992–1994, 2002–2013), under Mayors David Dinkins and Michael Bloomberg, respectively.
Contents
List of Superintendents, Chiefs, and Commissioners
Pre-1901
Prior to 1901, the NYPD was run by a board of four to six Commissioners. The following is a list of some of the most famous members of the Police Commission:
- George Washington Matsell, 1845–1857, Superintendent[4][5]
- John Alexander Kennedy, 1860–1863, Superintendent
- Abram Duryée, 1873–1874, Superintendent
- George Washington Walling, 1874-1885, Superintendent
- William Farrar Smith, 1875–1881, President Board of Commissioners
- Fitz John Porter, 1884–1888, Commissioner
- Frederick Dent Grant, 1894–1898, Commissioner
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1895–1897, Superintendent
- John McCullagh, 1897–1898, Superintendent
- John B. Sexton, 1898–1901, Commissioner[6]
- William Stephen Devery, May 21, 1898-February 22, 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.[7]
Post-1901
Since 1901, a single Commissioner has been in charge of the NYPD . The following is a list of the Commissioners:
Name | Dates in Office | Mayoral Administration |
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Michael Cotter Murphy[8][9][10] | February 22, 1901 – January 1, 1902 | Robert Van Wyck |
John Nelson Partridge[11][12][13] | January 1, 1902 – January 1, 1903 | Seth Low |
Francis Vinton Greene[14][15] | January 1, 1903 – January 1, 1904 | Seth Low |
William McAdoo[16][17][18] | January 1, 1904 – January 1, 1906 | George Brinton McClellan, Jr. |
Theodore A. Bingham[19][20] | January 1, 1906 – July 1, 1909 | George Brinton McClellan, Jr. |
William Frazer Baker[21][22][23] | July 1, 1909 – October 20, 1910 | George Brinton McClellan, Jr., William Jay Gaynor |
James Church Cropsey[22][24] | October 20, 1910 – May 23, 1911 | William Jay Gaynor |
Rhinelander Waldo[25][26][27][28] | May 23, 1911 – December 31, 1913 | William Jay Gaynor, Ardolph Loges Kline |
Douglas Imrie McKay[29][30][31] | December 31, 1913 – April 8, 1914 | Ardolph Loges Kline, John Purroy Mitchel |
Arthur Hale Woods[32][33][34] | April 8, 1914 – January 1, 1918 | John Purroy Mitchel |
Frederick H. Bugher[35][36] | January 1, 1918 – January 23, 1918 | John Francis Hylan |
Richard Edward Enright[37][38] | January 23, 1918 – January 1, 1925 | John Francis Hylan |
George Vincent McLaughlin[39][40][41] | January 1, 1926 – April 12, 1927 | Jimmy Walker |
Joseph A. Warren[42][43][44] | April 12, 1927 – December 18, 1928 | Jimmy Walker |
Grover Aloysius Whalen[45][46][47] | December 18, 1928 – May 21, 1930 | Jimmy Walker |
Edward Pierce Mulrooney[48][49][50] | May 21, 1930 – April 11, 1933 | Jimmy Walker, Joseph V. McKee, John P. O'Brien |
James S. Bolan[51][52] | April 15, 1933 – January 1, 1934 | John P. O'Brien |
John Francis O'Ryan[53][54][55] | January 1, 1934 – September 25, 1934 | Fiorello H. La Guardia |
Lewis Joseph Valentine[56][57][58] | September 25, 1934 – September 14, 1945 | Fiorello H. La Guardia |
Albert O. Williams[59] | September 14, 1945 – September 23, 1945 (acting) | Fiorello H. La Guardia |
Arthur William Wallander[60][61][62] | September 23, 1945 – February 28, 1949 | Fiorello H. La Guardia, William O'Dwyer |
William P. O'Brien[63] | February 28, 1949 – September 25, 1950 | William O'Dwyer, Vincent R. Impellitteri |
Thomas Francis Murphy[64][65] | February 21, 1950 – July 6, 1951 | Vincent R. Impellitteri |
George P. Monaghan[66][67][68] | July 9, 1951 – January 1, 1953 | Vincent R. Impellitteri |
Francis William Holbrooke Adams[69] | January 1, 1954 – August 2, 1955 | Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
Stephen P. Kennedy[70][71] | August 2, 1955 – February 23, 1961 | Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
Michael J. Murphy[71][72][73] | February 23, 1961 – June 7, 1965 | Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
Vincent Lyons Broderick[74][75][76] | June 7, 1965 – February 21, 1966 | Robert F. Wagner, Jr., John V. Lindsay |
Howard R. Leary[77][78][79] | February 21, 1966 – October 9, 1970 | John V. Lindsay |
Patrick Vincent Murphy[80][81] | October 9, 1970 – May 14, 1973 | John V. Lindsay |
Donald F. Cawley[82][83] | May 14, 1973 – January 1, 1974 | John V. Lindsay |
Michael Joseph Codd[84][85][86] | January 1, 1974 – January 1, 1978 | Abraham D. Beame |
Robert Joseph McGuire[87][88][89][90] | January 1, 1978 – December 30, 1983 | Edward I. Koch |
William J. Devine[89][90][91] | December 30, 1983 – January 1, 1984 | Edward I. Koch |
Benjamin Ward[89][90][92] | January 1, 1984 – October 23, 1989 | Edward I. Koch |
Richard J. Condon[93] | October 23, 1989 – January 22, 1990 | Edward I. Koch |
Lee Patrick Brown[94][95][96] | January 22, 1990 – September 1, 1992 | David N. Dinkins |
Raymond Walter Kelly[97] | September 1, 1992 – October 16, 1992 (acting) October 16, 1992 – January 1, 1994 |
David N. Dinkins |
William Joseph Bratton[98] | January 1, 1994 – April 15, 1996 | Rudolph W. Giuliani |
Howard Safir[99][100] | April 15, 1996 – August 18, 2000 | Rudolph W. Giuliani |
Bernard Bailey Kerik[101] | August 21, 2000 – January 1, 2002 | Rudolph W. Giuliani |
Raymond Walter Kelly[102] | January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2014 (second appointment) | Michael R. Bloomberg |
William Joseph Bratton[103] | January 1, 2014 – current (second appointment) | Bill De Blasio |
In popular culture
In the popular TV show Blue Bloods, the fictional New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan is played by Tom Selleck.
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See also
References
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