NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The NYPD announced Wednesday the new Chief of Detectives and Chief of Patrol.
After Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea was promoted to NYPD Commissioner on Sunday, the department announced that Rodney Harrison would be taking over Shae’s former position.
Harrison currently serves as Chief of Patrol and plays a central role in the creation and roll-out of neighborhood policing to ever precint across the city, according to the NYPD.
As Chief of Detectives, Harrison will oversee the prevention, detection and investigation of crime, according to the department.
Harrison, who began his career with the NYPD as a police cadet in June 1991, will bring a decade of experience supervising investigations to the position.
Taking over Harrison’s former role will be Assistant Chief Fausto Pichardo, who began his career with the police department in 1997.
Pichardo previously serves as Executive Officer in the Patrol Services Bureau under Harrison.
Commissioner Shae believes the two will help the department further prevent crime in the five boroughs.
“Rodney and Fausto bring tremendous leadership experience to their new positions, having served in critical executive roles, and leveraging Neighborhood Policing and precision policing to bring crime down to levels not seen since the 1950’s,” said Shea.
“Our work is far from done, and with Rodney’s investigative experience and Fausto’s role in bringing Neighborhood Policing to fruition, we will continue to work closely with the people we are sworn to serve to make New York City even safer,” the commissioner added.
Harrison says he’s looking forward to his new responsibilities.
“I’m humbled to become Chief of Detectives, a position I’ve always strived for, and will work tirelessly to build the strongest possible cases and bring those that commit crimes to justice,” he said.
Pichardo also says he is “grateful for this opportunity to continue supporting the thousands of patrol officers who, through Neighborhood Policing, both work to prevent crime from ever happening while also getting to the root of New Yorkers problems, solving them, and keeping people safe.”