Last day on the job for NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, after 18 months at helm

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Today is the final day on the job for NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who made history as the first woman to lead the department. JohnBDias has a look at how her 18 months at the helm will be remembered:

She was welcomed into a city still reeling from the pandemic, with lingering tensions between police and the public and major crime trending upwards.

Many in the criminal justice field, including former NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Ben Tucker, who retired shortly before Sewell was sworn in, believe her legacy in the department will be favorable.NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell discusses crime, homelessness & more in a candid conversation with CBS2

"People saw her as a leader, in that she was professional, she was thoughtful... She was clearly focused on the work," Tucker said. "She attempted to do the best she could to show that she was the boss and yet she cared, and not everybody can pull that off and she did a great job," said Felipe Rodriguez, a retired NYPD detective and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

 

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