NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell on Friday vowed to continue using social media to “push back” against department critics, less than a day after skipping a City Council budget hearing where he was expected to testify about his controversial posts.
Chell, along with other senior NYPD officials such as Deputy Commissioner for Operations Kaz Daughtry, has been using official departmental social media accounts to challenge journalists, politicians and advocates deemed critical of the NYPD. The inflammatory posts have drawn widespread backlash from lawmakers and advocates, whose complaints triggered a city Department of Investigation (DOI) probe into the behavior earlier this week.
