New York’s top transit cop retires amid a rash of subway robberies, stabbings, and shootings

The departures occur amid a force declared by Adams this week to involuntarily hospitalize persons who are regarded also mentally sick to choose treatment of themselves. 

Adams has been trying to make the subway process experience a lot more risk-free for riders in a technique which is recovered only 65% of pre-pandemic ridership. He’s announced programs to blanket train stations with 1,000 additional police officers and aggressively go after very low-degree offenses.

Amongst the New York Police Section officers departing are transit head Jason Wilcox, a 35-calendar year veteran who ran place on policing the subway at the metropolis combated a spate of superior-profile incidents this 12 months. 

Also retiring on December 30 are the NYPD’s Chief of Housing Kathleen O’Reilly, Main of Specific Operations Harry Wedin and Deputy Commissioner for Assist Providers Robert Martinez.

Wilcox and O’Reilly were being appointed to their roles this calendar year. 

Law enforcement Commissioner Keechant Sewell stated the 4 were dedicated public servants with virtually 150 a long time of merged experience. “It was a privilege to serve along with just about every of them, and I desire them all the very best in their long term endeavors,” she claimed. 

The city’s leading uniformed law enforcement officer, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey, also left the NYPD this week after a lot more than 30 decades. He declared his retirement in October.