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December 16, 2021

Keechant Sewell Named NYPD's First Black Woman Commissioner; 2 Top Officers Falsified Vaccine Cards
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Here in New York City, Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Wednesday introduced
Keechant Sewell as his next police commissioner. She's set to become the
first woman to ever lead the New York Police Department and its 35,000
officers.

Meanwhile, two high-ranking NYPD officials were placed on modified duty
Tuesday for submitting false COVID-19 vaccination cards in an apparent
bid to circumvent New York's vaccine mandate. NYPD Internal Affairs is
reportedly investigating the officers and has stripped them of their
guns and badges.


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