New York City Police Commissioner
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The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City.
Prior to 1901, the NYPD was run by a board of 4 to 6 commissioners that jointly ran the department. Future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt served as a Police Commissioner on the board from 1895 to 1897.
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Commissioners
List of police commissioners:
- Micheal C. Murphy 1901-1902
- John N. Partridge 1902-1903
- Francis V. Greene 1903-1904
- William McAdoo 1904-1906
- Theodore A. Bingham 1906-1909
- William F. Baker 1909-1910
- James C. Cropsey 1910-1911
- Rhinelander Waldo 1911-1913
- Douglas I. McKay 1913-1914
- Arthur Woods 1914-1918
- Frederick H. Bugler 1918
- Richard E. Enright 1918-1925
- George V. McLaughlin 1926-1927
- Joesph A. Warren 1927-1928
- Grover A. Whalen 1928-1930
- Edward P. Mulrooney 1930-1933
- James S. Bolan 1933
- John F. O'Ryan 1934
- Lewis J. Valentine 1934-1945
- Arthur W. Wallander 1945-1949
- William P. O'Brien 1949-1950
- Thomas F. Murphy 1950-1951
- George P. Mongahan1951-1953
- Francis W.H. Adams 1954-1955
- Stephan P. Kennedy 1955-1961
- Michael J. Murphy 1961-1965
- Vincent L. Broderick 1965-1966
- Howard R. Leary 1966-1970
- Patrick V. Murphy 1970-1973
- Donald F. Cawley 1973-1974
- Michael Codd 1974-1977
- Robert J. McGuire 1978-1983
- Benjamin Ward 1984-1989
- Richard J. Condon 1989-1990
- Lee P. Brown 1990-1992
- Raymond W. Kelly 1992-1994
- William J. Bratton 1994-1996
- Howard Safir 1996-2000
- Bernard Kerik 2000-2001
- Raymond W. Kelly 2001-present
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