Diversity Specialist Named Head of Police Training
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Signaling the New York Police Department’s commitment to improving relations between police and the minority communities they serve, the department has hired a new commissioner with strong track record in hiring minorities to head up training for the force.
Wilbur Chapman, a longtime city police officer who most recently served as the Chief of the Bridgeport, Conn. police department, will take over as Deputy Commissioner of Training, the department announced today.
Mr. Chapman joined the New York City Police Department in 1969 and held several positions, including Commander of the Department’s Recruiting and Applicant Processing Division, where in 1992 he helped recruit the department’s most diverse force yet.
Mr. Chapman “returns to make certain that we deliver the best education and training available to new recruits,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement.
Mr. Kelly also announced the appointment of Anthony Garvey, who will leave his position as president of the Lieutenant’s Benevolent Association to become the executive director of the department’s pension fund.
