Raymond Kelly
Raymond Kelly
Raymond Walter "Ray" Kellywas the longest serving Commissioner of the New York City Police Departmentin its history and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly had spent 47 years in the NYPD according to its website, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and 2002 to 2013. Kelly was the first person to rise from Police Cadet to Police Commissioner, holding all of the department's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLaw Enforcement Officer
Date of Birth4 September 1941
CountryUnited States of America
I don't think I've become arrogant. I'm pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I'm pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.
The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so.
I think, as a nation, we didn't learn our lessons from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We should have been more careful in a whole host of areas.
We'll be working extended tours, and I don't believe any area is going to be diminished at all, in terms of, you know, our effective enforcement of the law.
We'll be using, in essence, the entire department,
He's innocent and he's looking forward to his day in court.
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.
A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism.
I think one of the biggest scams in law enforcement is the monitor.