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
If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.
In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass officers in significant numbers if we had to.
The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.
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.
It's dangerous to write people off just because they've been arrested.
It's an anniversary. You have to be concerned about it.
At this time, we have no eyewitnesses, ... Anyone with information, we ask them to call.
We will pay, and are paying, close attention to hotels and sensitive locations such as landmark buildings, the financial district, and ferry terminals,
This was a very serious threat, ... We did precisely what we should have done. In a similar situation, we will do exactly the same thing.
This small treasure was appraised recently at 5 million dollars, ... But it carries a lesson more valuable than that. The lesson is that America is not a safe haven for stolen art. We will help find it.
The stark reality is that crime happens in communities of color.
The threat was very, very specific, ... We had to do what we did.
Certainly it was a factor, ... We had to make a decision quickly.
I was surprised to see the number of people involved in it, ... Air carriers and other companies that operate internationally must be aware of their vulnerabilities and take steps to protect against them.