New York City Police Department Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Women in the NYPD=== {{see also|Women in policing in the United States}} On January 1, 2022, [[Keechant Sewell]] became the first woman to serve as [[New York City Police Commissioner|Commissioner]] of the NYPD.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keechant Sewell sworn in as NYPD's first female police commissioner|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/keechant-sewell-sworn-nypds-first-female-police-commissioner-rcna10572|access-date=2022-01-01|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101153817/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/keechant-sewell-sworn-nypds-first-female-police-commissioner-rcna10572|url-status=live}}</ref> Juanita N. Holmes, appointed Chief of the Patrol Bureau in 2020, was the first black woman to hold this command and at the time of her appointment, was the highest-ranked uniformed woman in the NYPD.<ref>{{cite web|title=Juanita Holmes Named 1st Female NYPD Chief of Patrol|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/juanita-holmes-named-1st-female-nypd-chief-of-patrol/2694027/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=NBC New York|date=October 29, 2020 |language=en-US|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101192850/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/juanita-holmes-named-1st-female-nypd-chief-of-patrol/2694027/|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 12, 2023, Sewell announced that she was stepping down as commissioner. No reason was given for her departure. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page