For the first time, a woman will lead the NYPD

The future mayor of New York, Eric Adams is poised to nominate a woman, Keechant Sewell, for the first time as chief of police for America’s largest city, The New York Post said Tuesday night.

“Keechant Sewell is an accomplished crime fighter who has the experience and intelligence to provide the security New Yorkers need,” Eric Adams, himself a former police officer, told the newspaper.

The first woman to head the New York Police Department (NYPD), will be the third black person in office, while Democrat Adams will be the second black mayor in the city’s history. Both will take office on January 1.

At the head of some 35,000 officers, Sewell, 49, will have the tough task of keeping New York safe as the New York pandemic coronavirus was accompanied by an increase in crime in 2020. It must also restore the population’s trust in the police, accused of having violent, racist and corrupt agents in their ranks.

Security was one of the main themes of the mayor’s election campaign.

Sewell is currently the chief investigator for Nassau County in eastern New York.