NYPD’s first female commissioner Keechant Sewell QUITS just 18 months after taking up role

To the ladies and men of the NYPD:

Since I joined you virtually a yr and a half in the past we’ve got confronted large tragedy, challenges and triumphs collectively.

I’ve witnessed your compassion, heroics and selflessness every day. They’ve reaffirmed to me, what folks across the globe have at all times recognized: you might be a rare collective of onerous working public servants devoted to the security of this metropolis, partaking our communities and sharing what we all know with our companions for the good thing about the world.

You and your predecessors are the explanation that the NYPD is called the gold normal in regulation enforcement.

I’ve had absolutely the honor to spend time with our line of responsibility households. Their loss is immeasurable; their power is unimaginable. I thank them for permitting me the privilege to know them and listen to the tales of our fallen heroes.

I’ve additionally had the chance to fulfill lots of our retired members.

Their continued curiosity in, and delight for having served on this division exemplifies that the bonds of this household are lengthy standing and much reaching.

I’ve made the choice to step down from my place.

Whereas my time right here will come to an in depth, I’ll by no means step away from my advocacy and assist for the NYPD, and I’ll at all times be a champion for the folks of New York Metropolis.

I used to be aware of the challenges you confronted each earlier than I arrived and what you expertise each day. That’s the reason I made your wellness considered one of my priorities. We can’t be anticipated to ship the kind and high quality of police companies that New Yorkers deserve except we take care of and defend the guardians of this metropolis.

I hope the fashionable chart, which is able to enable you much less appearances and extra time with your loved ones; the extra time portal, which is able to considerably scale back final minute pressured extra time and stop disruptions to your private lives; a self nomination portal for discretionary promotions, for excellent members traditionally neglected for development; skilled improvement packages; and making certain that the self-discipline course of focuses on equity and expediency, and appreciates the realities you face whereas policing this metropolis, can be lasting hallmarks of my focus in your nicely being.

There are folks throughout this metropolis who need and admire you. They need protected streets, transit and housing. They’re households, staff, vacationers, enterprise homeowners and college students, and so they rely on the NYPD.

Please proceed to do what you do nicely to safe this metropolis.

Thanks for stepping ahead and as at all times, keep protected. Please.