Three Hispanic groups in the New York Police Department are urging the next mayor to appoint the city’s first Hispanic police commissioner.
Members of the Hispanic Society, the National Latino Officers Association and the New York Dominican Officers Organization held a news conference in front of police headquarters Sunday to propose a candidate.
They want First Deputy Commissioner Rafael Pineiro to replace NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly in January, when a new mayor is sworn in.
Neither major-party candidate — Republican Joseph Lhota and Democrat Bill de Blasio — has mentioned any Hispanic names as possible candidates.
Detective Dennis Gonzales, president of the Hispanic Society, says a member of a minority community might have a better understanding of controversial issues such as the NYPD’s street stop policy.
(AP)
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Naming Kelly’s First Deputy Commissioner as Commissioner might help to insure continuation of the NYPD’s success in fighting crime.
Nope Charlie…nothing of the kind. This will only insure implementation of a quota system. Well the police commissioner must be Hispanic, the fire commissioner Black etc. Competence will no longer be taken into consideration. Just wait for more of the same, on ALL LEVELS, if DeBlasio gets in.