It’s a changing of the guard at the top of the nation’s largest police department.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio officially named Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea as the new NYPD commissioner.The 62-year-old O’Neill is retiring after 36 years with the department, the last three as commissioner.
He won’t be out of work long. He starts Monday as global security chief at credit card giant Visa Inc. The 50-year-old Shea started as a Bronx patrolman in 1991 and gained prominence in the department as a crime stats guru.As commissioner, Shea will have to contend with looming bail reforms, pressure to reduce arrests and dissent among some of the department's 36,000 officers.
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