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
We did precisely the right thing, ... We had no choice but to respond the way we did.
The threat was very, very specific, ... We had to do what we did.
If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.
This was a very serious threat, ... We did precisely what we should have done. In a similar situation, we will do exactly the same thing.