NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A week after NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea announced the city's chief of department, Rodney Harrison, would retire, Shea and the first deputy commissioner filed for their own retirements on Thursday, the NYPD confirmed to 1010 WINS.
After reports surfaced, the NYPD told WINS Thursday afternoon that Shea and Deputy Benjamin Tucker had put in their retirement papers and "will finish their full term and retire at the end of the year."
Once former Commissioner James O’Neill resigned, Shea was picked to take over as head of NYPD in 2019 after previously serving as the department's Chief of Detectives. He was sworn into the department as a patrolman in 1991.
Tucker, the second-in-command, became a police officer in 1972 and a sergeant in 1987 — he later worked for the Clinton and Obama administrations before returning back to the NYPD. Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed him to his deputy role in 2014.
The NYPD retirements come as Mayor-elect Eric Adams is set to take the reins from de Blasio on Jan. 1.
Adams, a former NYPD captain, told 1010 WINS a day after he was handily elected as the city's second Black mayor that he pledged to appoint a woman as NYPD commissioner — a first for the city.
"I think it's long overdue," the 61-year-old said.
Harrison is set to retire on Dec. 30.
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