Keechant Sewell to be first woman to lead New York City police force
by Gloria Oladipo in New York and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#5T31Z)
Mayor-elect Eric Adams names Long Island police official as the city's next police commissioner
Eric Adams, New York City's mayor-elect, named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation's largest police force.
Adams, himself a former New York police captain, introduced Sewell on Wednesday as his barrier-breaking choice for one of the most high-profile and powerful jobs in his upcoming administration.
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