Top NYPD spokesperson Julian Phillips is saying goodbye to the police department after a year of service, and he reflected on his time with the agency in a heartfelt interview with amNewYork Metro.
Phillips sat down for a one-on-one in his office on the 13th floor of police headquarters. Surrounded by newspapers and files, and fresh off of a recent surgery, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information could be found pounding away at a keyboard — after all, there’s still much work to be done despite his impending departure in early July.
This, he said, creates a burden for him to serve both the people and the city’s thousands of police officers. While those outside of the department look at Phillips to be a bastion of truth, the Deputy Commissioner pointed out that, while he yearns to be as transparent as possible, he also had to learn that there were some things he couldn’t reveal despite his natural tendency to do so.
“Primarily police officers come on this job to help people and sometimes that can be a very difficult thing to do, because police officers are under the microscope. And I can understand why there’s a reason for that because heavy is the crown that’s given to the person who wears it,” Phillips said. “So, when you become a police officer, and you have the power of life and death in your hands, that’s a big burden.
Throughout his time working as the top spokesman, Phillips said he was honored to work alongside colleagues from DCPI and top cop herself, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who he describes as an inspiration and who he believes will have left the department better than how she found it.
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