Mayor Eric Adams on Friday officially announced the appointment of NYPD training chief Juanita Holmes as the new head of the city’s Department of Probation (DOP), while waving away reports that conflicts between Holmes and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell ended her tenure at the department.
Shortly before Holmes’ appointment as the new head of DOP was announced by City Hall on Thursday afternoon, the New York Daily News reported she was ousted from the NYPD after running afoul of Sewell for inviting the rapper Cardi B to a police event and for going over the commissioner’s head in changing a department training requirement.
