Police Commissioner of the City of New York | |
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since September 12, 2024 | |
Style | The Honorable (formal) Commissioner (informal) |
Appointer | Mayor of New York |
Term length | Five years Renewable at mayor's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | New York City Charter[1] |
Inaugural holder | George W. Matsell (as Superintendent) |
Formation | 1845 |
Deputy | First Deputy Commissioner |
Website | www |
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. The commissioner is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department as well as the appointment of deputies including the Chief of Department and subordinate officers. Commissioners are civilian administrators, and they and their subordinate deputies are civilians under an oath of office, not sworn members of the force. This is a separate position from the Chief of Department, who is the senior sworn uniformed member of the force. The First Deputy Commissioner is the Commissioner and department's second-in-command.[2] The office of the Police Commissioner is located at the NYPD Headquarters, One Police Plaza. Both the commissioner and first deputy commissioner outrank all uniformed officers, including the chief of department.
Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts as Governor of New York before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, continued reforms he began when he was police superintendent by signing legislation that replaced the police commission and office of the police chief (previously the superintendent) with a single police commissioner. [Citation Needed]
The Commissioner's responsibilities include: