Police Commissioner and First Deputy File for Retirement
The New York Times
Commissioner Dermot Shea and his first deputy, Benjamin Tucker, each served in the New York Police Department for more than two decades.
The New York City police commissioner and his top deputy have both filed papers to retire at the end of the year, after long careers that will end during one of the most tumultuous periods in the department’s history.
The departures of Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, 52, and Benjamin B. Tucker, 70, the first deputy commissioner, come as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration winds down and paves the way for his successor to select a woman to lead the department for the first time in its 176-year history.
Mayor-elect Eric Adams has said that his appointee will most likely be a woman of color; Carmen Best, the former police chief of Seattle, and Juanita Holmes, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, are among several candidates vying for the role. Mr. Adams is expected to announce his choice after returning from a trip to Ghana.
