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Remember what I said a while back and you called me a racist because of what I said about RAY KELLY well read this. I am not a racist I speak the truth and
Police Commissioner Plans to Put More Minority Officers in Top Posts
By AL BAKER After a white officer fatally shot an off-duty black officer in Harlem in May, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly wrote to the governor
vowing to increase the number of minority officers in the department's top tier.
On Friday, Mr. Kelly aims to follow through by tapping several minority commanders for coveted positions within the department at a promotion ceremony at 1 Police Plaza.
The May 28 fatal shooting of Omar J. Edwards by a colleague, Andrew P. Dunton, resurrected the volatile cross section of race, politics and the use of deadly force by police officers. Mr. Kelly's June 18 letter to Gov. David A. Paterson illustrated how the department's record on diversity - particularly in the top command - can come under a microscope.
While some have praised Mr. Kelly as a fair-minded leader of a hierarchical organization, others have cited a need for more diversity in the upper ranks. For his part, Mr. Kelly's new round of promotions hews closely to a record - as he described it in his letter to Mr. Paterson - showing that minority officers are generally promoted more quickly than white officers of the same rank.
The highest rank to be filled on Friday will be chief of transportation, a three-star bureau chief position. The commissioner has tapped Assistant Chief James Tuller, who is Hispanic, to be the first minority officer to hold that position, aides to Mr. Kelly said.
Raymond Diaz, another Hispanic officer, who is commander of Patrol Borough Manhattan North, will replace Chief Tuller as the commander of Patrol Borough Manhattan South (south of 59th Street).
Two minority captains will remain in their posts, but will be promoted to higher ranks. Capt. Rodney Harrison, the commanding officer at the 28th Precinct in Harlem, who is black, will be promoted to deputy inspector; and Deputy Inspector David Colon, second in command at the Community Affairs Bureau, who is Hispanic, will be promoted to inspector, officials said.
As a rule, civil service exams control promotions up to the rank of captain. Promotions above captain are discretionary, and police commissioners use the pool of captains to staff the department's executive corps, from the positions of deputy inspector through chief.
The number of blacks among the officers who make up the department's top tier - in the rank of captain or higher - is significantly higher now, both numerically and as a proportion, than it was at the end of the Giuliani administration in 2001, according to data from the department. In raw numbers, as of May 31 the number of blacks in the rank of captain or higher has risen to 34, from 22 at the end of 2001; the number of Hispanics in those ranks has risen to 56, from 27 at the end of 2001, the department's figures show.
"This police commissioner rewards performance regardless of race or gender," said Roy T. Richter, the president of the Captain's Endowment Association, the union representing roughly 760 officers in the ranks of captain through deputy chief. "I have seen a number of deserving minority executives get promoted under Police Commissioner Kelly's administration."
Still, Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, who could not speak specifically about Friday's promotions, said that those currently in "policy-making leadership roles are over, over, overwhelmingly white males."
But in his letter to Mr. Paterson, Mr. Kelly said that since 2002, "over half of all police officers hired by this agency have been members of the minority community." In one sense, the ascendancy of minority officers in the higher ranks is a natural outgrowth of a department that is changing at the entry levels.
As of last month, a majority of the rank-and-file officers were members of minorities, the department said. Among officers, 28.7 percent were Hispanic; 18 percent black; 5.4 percent Asian; and 47.8 percent white.
As Mr. Kelly wrote to the governor, "As the increased number of minority officers who have been hired in recent years progress further in their Police Department careers, I fully expect the number of minorities in the department's executive corps to increase as well."
But, Ive seen both sides of the spectrum.. Both white and black bosses looking out for their kind.
I can only speak for myself and say that when I become boss I will treat everyone equally. I will be fair but firm and will not show favoritism or stereotype or place judgment.
The point is you have to learn from others peoples mistakes!
Lets all be honest here- if the rise of minorities into higher ranks is due to a natural outgrowth at the entry level it would be unfair to label him a racist... with that said u also cant have a mayor who "Vows" to put one race in front of the other. If a person, regardless of gender or race, is highly qualified for a said position then by all means its theirs. But to have the deciding factor come down to a persons race or gender because of a "Vow" is wrong and embarrassing to not only the NYPD but to all....
