Keechant Sewell will become the next New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner, Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced on Tuesday — and she’ll be making history in the process.
Sewell, currently the Nassau County Chief of Detectives, will be the city’s first woman (and first Black woman) to lead the nation’s largest police force with more than 52,000 members.
Adams, who will be sworn in as NYC mayor on Jan. 1, told the New York Post that selecting Sewell, 49, to be the city’s top cop was his “gut choice.” The former NYPD captain has reportedly favored Sewell as his pick for NYPD commissioner for months when the search began.
