Crime Fighters
February, 2000
I was 41 when I finally got a seat at the table. I had been a cop since about the time I could walk into a bar without an adult. But until 1994, when I was appointed deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department, I felt very much on the outside, my cheeks red from the cold and my nose pressed against the window. At that time there were separate police forces in New York for the streets, transit and public housing. Only one had nearly 36,000 officers and a reputation equal to that of the...
