NYC’s next top cop touts strategy to repair rift with public
The career cop picked to lead America’s largest Police Department is embracing a throwback strategy to repair the deep rift that has opened between officers and the public. He wants patrol officers to get to know people on their beat on a first-name basis.
James “Jimmy” O’Neill was introduced Tuesday at City Hall as the next commissioner of the NYPD.
When he takes over next month, O’Neill will inherit challenges that vexed his well-known predecessor, William Bratton, who announced that he is quitting to take a job with a corporate consulting firm.