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New York To Have First Female Police Chief Ever

At a time when the city’s trust in law enforcement has been broken, New York has appointed the first-ever woman police chief to lead the largest force in the country.

Keechant Sewell, who, at the same time will be only the third Black person in the position, will have to bring back community trust in a police department that has gone through several accusations of harboring violent, racist and corrupt officers in its ranks.

Former police officer and Democratic mayor-elect Eric Adams, who will be the city’s second Black mayor, announced the major appointment two weeks before formally taking office on January 1, 2022, with security one of the main issues during his campaign.

Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve,” Adams said.

Commanding approximately 36,000 police officers in the largest city in the United States, 49-year-old Sewell will shoulder the tough task of maintaining security in New York at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has been followed by an increase in criminal activities.

We welcome Chief Sewell to the second-toughest policing job in America. The toughest, of course, is being an NYPD cop on the street,” said Patrick Lynch, head of the main police union in the city, the Police Benevolent Association.

At the moment, Sewell is chief investigator in Nassau County, east of New York City.

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