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https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-city-police-commissioner-resign-
160119553.html
NEW YORK (AP) New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned
Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a
federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams
inner circle.
Caban, who had been in charge of the nations largest police department
for about 15 months, said in an email to staff that he made the decision
to resign after the news around recent developments had created a
distraction for our department.
I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our
important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD, he added
in the email obtained by The Associated Press.
At a news conference Thursday, Adams praised Caban for making our city
safer and said he had named Tom Donlon, a retired FBI official, as the
interim police commissioner.
Donlon previously served as the chief of the FBIs National Threat Center
and once led the Office of Homeland Security in New York, before starting
his own security firm in 2020. He helped lead the investigation into the
1993 World Trade Center bombing and investigated the 1998 U.S. Embassy
bombings and USS Cole bombing.
Donlon said in a statement he was honored and humbled to head the
greatest law enforcement agency in the world, and that his priorities
would include removing illegal guns from the community.
Caban's resignation marks the first high-level departure from the Adams
administration since federal investigators seized phones Sept. 4 from
several members of the mayors inner circle, including two deputy mayors,
the schools chancellor, and one of Adams top advisers.
The subject of the investigation, which is being led by U.S. Attorneys
office in Manhattan, remains unclear, as does whether federal authorities
were seeking information linked to one investigation or several.
Caban's lawyers, Russell Capone and Rebekah Donaleski, said in a statement
Thursday they had been told by the government that he is not a target of
any investigation being conducted by the Southern District of New York,
and he expects to cooperate fully with the government.
The Justice Department defines a target of an investigation as someone
whom prosecutors or a grand jury have gathered substantial evidence
against that links the person to a crime. Thats in contrast to a subject,
which is someone whose conduct is merely within the scope of the
investigation. But those definitions are notoriously fluid and a person
not seen as a technical target one day can become a target the next as new
information develops.
Federal authorities are also investigating Cabans twin brother, James
Caban, a former NYPD sergeant who runs a nightclub security business,
according to a person familiar with the matter. The person could not
publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on
condition of anonymity.
James Caban unequivocally denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer, Sean
Hecker, said in a statement. His work as a consultant and acting as a
liaison between the Department and a private company is perfectly legal,
especially given his previous career as a NYPD officer, Hecker continued.
James Caban was fired by the NYPD in 2001 after he was heard on a
recording illegally detaining a cab driver whom he accused of stealing
$100 and threatening to seize his vehicle.
According to people familiar with the matter, other officials whose
devices were recently seized include First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright;
Philip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety; his brother David Banks,
the schools chancellor; and Timothy Pearson, a mayoral adviser and former
high-ranking NYPD official. The people spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Adams, a first-term Democrat, was subpoenaed in July, eight months after
federal agents seized his cell phones and an iPad while he was leaving an
event in Manhattan. Federal authorities havent publicly accused him or
any officials of any crimes, and Adams has denied any wrongdoing.
The investigation that led to Edward Cabans devices being seized is not
believed to be tied to a probe that led federal investigators to seize
Adams devices last November, according to two people familiar with the
matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak publicly.
Caban, 57, was the first Latino to lead the 179-year-old NYPD. He started
as a patrol officer in 1991 in the Bronx, where he grew up, and worked in
precincts across the city as he was promoted. His father, retired
Detective Juan Caban, had served with Adams, a former police captain, when
they were both on the citys transit police force. Three of Cabans
brothers were also police officers.
He was the departments second-in-command before being named commissioner
last year.
Caban replaced Keechant Sewell, the first woman to lead the force. She
resigned 18 months into a tenure clouded by speculation that she was not
truly in charge.
As commissioner, Caban presided over continuing declines in some major
crime categories, including shootings and murders, but was also criticized
for his handling of officer discipline, including two officers who did not
face any internal disciplinary action in the fatal shooting of a Black
man, Kawaski Trawick, inside his Bronx apartment in 2019.
Donlon's appointment marks the first time in more than two decades that
someone without prior experience serving in a local police department will
lead the NYPD. Close observers of the agency described the move as both
politically strategic and potentially risky.
It gives the mayor some credibility at a time when his police department
and administration are facing federal investigations, said Jeffrey Fagan,
a Columbia Law School professor focused on policing. At the same time,
will someone with no experience in a complex municipal police department
and no real power base be able to clean up this mess?
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Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
160119553.html
NEW YORK (AP) New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned
Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a
federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams
inner circle.
Caban, who had been in charge of the nations largest police department
for about 15 months, said in an email to staff that he made the decision
to resign after the news around recent developments had created a
distraction for our department.
I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our
important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD, he added
in the email obtained by The Associated Press.
At a news conference Thursday, Adams praised Caban for making our city
safer and said he had named Tom Donlon, a retired FBI official, as the
interim police commissioner.
Donlon previously served as the chief of the FBIs National Threat Center
and once led the Office of Homeland Security in New York, before starting
his own security firm in 2020. He helped lead the investigation into the
1993 World Trade Center bombing and investigated the 1998 U.S. Embassy
bombings and USS Cole bombing.
Donlon said in a statement he was honored and humbled to head the
greatest law enforcement agency in the world, and that his priorities
would include removing illegal guns from the community.
Caban's resignation marks the first high-level departure from the Adams
administration since federal investigators seized phones Sept. 4 from
several members of the mayors inner circle, including two deputy mayors,
the schools chancellor, and one of Adams top advisers.
The subject of the investigation, which is being led by U.S. Attorneys
office in Manhattan, remains unclear, as does whether federal authorities
were seeking information linked to one investigation or several.
Caban's lawyers, Russell Capone and Rebekah Donaleski, said in a statement
Thursday they had been told by the government that he is not a target of
any investigation being conducted by the Southern District of New York,
and he expects to cooperate fully with the government.
The Justice Department defines a target of an investigation as someone
whom prosecutors or a grand jury have gathered substantial evidence
against that links the person to a crime. Thats in contrast to a subject,
which is someone whose conduct is merely within the scope of the
investigation. But those definitions are notoriously fluid and a person
not seen as a technical target one day can become a target the next as new
information develops.
Federal authorities are also investigating Cabans twin brother, James
Caban, a former NYPD sergeant who runs a nightclub security business,
according to a person familiar with the matter. The person could not
publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on
condition of anonymity.
James Caban unequivocally denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer, Sean
Hecker, said in a statement. His work as a consultant and acting as a
liaison between the Department and a private company is perfectly legal,
especially given his previous career as a NYPD officer, Hecker continued.
James Caban was fired by the NYPD in 2001 after he was heard on a
recording illegally detaining a cab driver whom he accused of stealing
$100 and threatening to seize his vehicle.
According to people familiar with the matter, other officials whose
devices were recently seized include First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright;
Philip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety; his brother David Banks,
the schools chancellor; and Timothy Pearson, a mayoral adviser and former
high-ranking NYPD official. The people spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Adams, a first-term Democrat, was subpoenaed in July, eight months after
federal agents seized his cell phones and an iPad while he was leaving an
event in Manhattan. Federal authorities havent publicly accused him or
any officials of any crimes, and Adams has denied any wrongdoing.
The investigation that led to Edward Cabans devices being seized is not
believed to be tied to a probe that led federal investigators to seize
Adams devices last November, according to two people familiar with the
matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak publicly.
Caban, 57, was the first Latino to lead the 179-year-old NYPD. He started
as a patrol officer in 1991 in the Bronx, where he grew up, and worked in
precincts across the city as he was promoted. His father, retired
Detective Juan Caban, had served with Adams, a former police captain, when
they were both on the citys transit police force. Three of Cabans
brothers were also police officers.
He was the departments second-in-command before being named commissioner
last year.
Caban replaced Keechant Sewell, the first woman to lead the force. She
resigned 18 months into a tenure clouded by speculation that she was not
truly in charge.
As commissioner, Caban presided over continuing declines in some major
crime categories, including shootings and murders, but was also criticized
for his handling of officer discipline, including two officers who did not
face any internal disciplinary action in the fatal shooting of a Black
man, Kawaski Trawick, inside his Bronx apartment in 2019.
Donlon's appointment marks the first time in more than two decades that
someone without prior experience serving in a local police department will
lead the NYPD. Close observers of the agency described the move as both
politically strategic and potentially risky.
It gives the mayor some credibility at a time when his police department
and administration are facing federal investigations, said Jeffrey Fagan,
a Columbia Law School professor focused on policing. At the same time,
will someone with no experience in a complex municipal police department
and no real power base be able to clean up this mess?
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.