Keechant Sewell will become the first female police commissioner of the NYPD, the largest police department in the country. 'She’s the woman for the job,' New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams says.
"She’s the woman for the job," New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Wednesday.
She will take charge of the department that has successfully driven down crime in recent years but is seeing a spike in certain violent crimes during the pandemic era. Sewell plans to seek a balance between crime-fighting and police reform. Adams praised her"full breadth of experience" and said his choice should send a message to girls:"There is no ceiling to your ambition."
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