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Police Commissioner of the City of New York |
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing the Police Board and office of police chief with a single police commissioner.
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List of police commissioners:
Prior to 1901, the NYPD was run by a board of 4 to 6 commissioners that jointly ran the department. The following is a list of some of the most famous members of the Police Commission:
. Devery was the Police Department's last Superintendent, and first Chief of Police.
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