Current Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell is set to make history as the first-ever female police commissioner of the New York Police Department.
A representative for Mayor-elect Eric Adams confirmed reports Tuesday night that the incoming mayor has appointed Sewell, a former Queens resident, as the city’s next top cop. Adams and Sewell are set to make the announcement official at a press conference Wednesday morning at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, where Sewell was born and raised.
The selection ends a lengthy vetting process in which Adams considered candidates from across the country seeking to lead the nation’s largest police force. Current Police Commissioner Dermot Shea is retiring at the end of this calendar year.
