Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 13
ABC7 News: The NYPD has a new boss who will lead the nation’s largest police force while aiming to drive down crime.
Jessica Tisch, 43, was sworn in as the new police commissioner on Monday — and she is the fourth under the Adams administration.
Tisch took the oath, administered by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, with her children at her side and with her right hand placed on her grandmother’s Bible.
She delivered remarks immediately after becoming the 48th leader of the NYPD, and the second woman in the department’s history to lead the force.
“My great hope is that together we will return this noble undertaking, this job of high moral purpose, to a time and a place where you want your grandchildren, your nieces, your nephews to follow in your footsteps and become police officers,” she said to the audience of law enforcement and other city officials gathered at 1 Police Plaza for the ceremony. Tisch did not specify any policy direction for her tenure, but it is widely expected that she will continue to introduce innovative technology in crime fighting.
Tisch is a longtime public servant and no stranger to city government. She most recently led the New York City Department of Sanitation.
Tisch will now be at the helm to tackle law enforcement issues that the city faces.
She becomes the second woman to lead the NYPD. Keechant Sewell left in 2022 and was reportedly frustrated that Adams wasn’t letting her call the shots.
Tisch addressed the turnover in the department and how she sees herself as a stabilizing force for the NYPD.
After attending her first roll call as commissioner on Monday, she told Eyewitness News her experience is even more valuable in understanding the tens of thousands of men and women she swore an oath to lead.
“The message to 35,000 cops is keep doing the work you’re doing,” Tisch said. “In me, you have a commissioner who’s going to support you, who’s going to get you the resources you need to do your important work. And the message to New Yorkers is our cops are out there to make you safe, to make you feel safe, to improve your quality of life. Fear has no place on our streets.”
