Mayor-Elect Adams Appoints Keechant Sewell as Next NYPD Commissioner January 1, 2022 ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Today, Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced his appointment of Keechant Sewell as the 45th New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner at an event at Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City.  Sewell, whose first home was Queensbridge Houses, will be the first woman to serve as Commissioner of the NYPD in its …

Chief Ritayik is the First Female Police Commissioner in SUNY History, and the First to Rise in the Ranks from Campus University Police Officer to Chief of Police to Become Statewide Commissioner Commissioner Ritayik Brings Years of Community Partnership Building and Strong Student Focus Approach to SUNY and Joins Chancellor’s Leadership Team on July 6 Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced today that …

New Paltz: Lieutenant William Shaw and Officer Mallory Nelson On January 24, 2020 at about 10:00PM, Lieutenant William Shaw was working the night shift as a Field Training Officer with new officer, Mallory Nelson who had just graduated the police academy the previous month.  Officers responded to the Village of New Paltz under mutual aid to a fight in progress at P&G’s bar, with a possible stabbing victim.  Officers arrived …