Raymond Kelly
Raymond Kelly
Raymond Walter "Ray" Kellywas the longest serving Commissioner of the New York City Police Departmentin its history and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly had spent 47 years in the NYPD according to its website, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and 2002 to 2013. Kelly was the first person to rise from Police Cadet to Police Commissioner, holding all of the department's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLaw Enforcement Officer
Date of Birth4 September 1941
CountryUnited States of America
I think, as a nation, we didn't learn our lessons from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We should have been more careful in a whole host of areas.
The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so.
I'm a nice guy, but people want to kill me.
If terrorists aren't limited by borders and boundaries, we can't be, either.
I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.
For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.
I don't stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I'd like to do yoga, but I just don't have time.
It sounds corny, but I never have avoided the challenges - I relish them - I think it's what make me tick, to a certain extent.
A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.
David Cohen is without a doubt one of the best - if not the best - public servant I've ever encountered.
I like music, a lot of different types of music.
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.
We'll be using, in essence, the entire department,
We'll be working extended tours, and I don't believe any area is going to be diminished at all, in terms of, you know, our effective enforcement of the law.