Ray_Kelly_Essay

La-100-21 Professor Grant Jessica Cedeno-Jimenez On September 4th 1941, in Manhattans Upper West side, Elizabeth O’Brien gave birth to Francis Kelly’s last of five children, Raymond Walter Kelly. In 1959 Kelly graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School. He then went on to graduate with honors and a B.B.A. from Manhattan College in 1963. That same year Raymond Kelly joined the New York City Police Department. Shortly thereafter he accepted a commission as Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Officer Program where he served on active military duty for three years, including a combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marines. For most of his 12 months in country, Kelly led troops in battle, including participation in Operation Harvest Moon. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1966, three years later, Raymond Kelly joined the Marine Corps Reserves also returning to the Police Department. Ray entered the New York City Police Academy, graduating with the highest combined average for academics, physical achievement and marksmanship. He also Passed the sergeants testKelly also retired from the Marine Corp Reserves after 30 years with the rank of Colonel.Being the first member in his family to join the police department, Commissioner Kelly had no one to open doors for him so he relied on his own abilities and took advantage of department scholarship programs to advance his career. While working as a uniformed officer and rising through the ranks, he earned a(J.D. Juris Doctor) law degree from St. John’s University, a (LL.M.master of laws) from New York University School of Law, and a(M.P.A.master of public administration) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Kelly has also been the recipient of honorary degrees from Marist College, Manhattan College, the College of St. Rose, St. John's University, the State University of New York, New York University, Iona College, Pace University, Quinnipiac University, St. Thomas Aquinas College and The Catholic University of America. Pretty busy Bee I suppose. On February 9, 1990, During the mayoralty of David Dinkins, Kelly was appointed First Deputy Commissioner under New York City Police Commissioner Lee Brown. Kelly was promoted from a Two-Star Assistant Chief to the First Deputy position over several Three-Star Bureau Chiefs, and the Four-Star Chief of Department, Robert J. Johnston Jr. At The time Johnston was so powerful, Brown altered the traditional hierarchy by announcing that Johnston would report directly to the Police Commissioner rather than the First Deputy as had been called for under the former departmental structure. This was done to prevent Johnston from having to report to his former subordinate, Kelly. This was all for nothing because just two short years later on October 16, 1992, Mayor Dinkins, an African-American, appointed Raymond Kelly 37th Police Commissioner of the City of New York. Kelly took over a police department that was 11.5% black, in a city with an over 25% black population. One of the first tasks he undertook was the expansion of minority recruitment in the NYPD. At the time a firm believer in community policing, Kelley helped spur the decline in New York by instituting the Safe Streets, Safe City program, which put thousands more cops on the streets, where they would be visible to and able to get to know and interact with local communities. The national decline in both violent crime and property crime began in 1993, during the early months of Raymond Kelly's commissionership under Dinkins as the 37th Commissioner. He also reduced felony crimes by 50,000 during his first year in office. . The murder rate in New York City had declined from its 1990 mid-Dinkins administration historic high of 2,254 to 1,927. On February 26, 1993 the first World Trade Center terrorist attack occurred while Kelly was Police Commissioner under Mayor Dinkins and Kelly led his department through the investigation of the bombing. After Mayor Dinkins was defeated in his run for a second term, the victorious Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, replaced Kelly with Boston's Police Chief Bill Bratton. In January 1994, following the change in mayoral administrations, Kelly retired from the NYPD. He was appointed by President Clinton to serve as Director of the International Police Monitors in Haiti, a U.S. led force responsible for ending human rights abuses and establishing an interim police force there. For this service, Commissioner Kelly was awarded the Exceptionally Meritorious Service Commendation by the President of the United States Bill Clinton. He also went on to serve as Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department, and Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service where he managed the agency’s 20,000 employees and $20 million in annual revenue. For his accomplishments at Customs, Commissioner Kelly was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal for Exceptional Service. Commissioner Kelly was Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department. There, he supervised the Department’s enforcement bureaus including the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. In addition, Mr. Kelly served on the executive committee and was elected Vice President for the Americas of Interpol, the international police organization, from 1996-2000. In 2000, he joined Bear Stearns and Co., Inc. as Senior Managing Director of Global Corporate Securities. On September 11 2001, terrorists took down the towers. This motivated Kelly to return to public service. In January 2002 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gave Kelly that opportunity and swore him in as New York City’s 41st Police Commissioner. It was clear from the start that his second tenure, which began in January 2002, would be very different from his first. The NYPD found itself on the frontlines of the global fight against terrorism after the 9/11 attacks. In response, Commissioner Kelly created the first counterterrorism bureau of any municipal police department in the country. He also established a new global intelligence program and stationed New York City detectives in eleven foreign cities. Despite having 6000 fewer officers and dedicating extensive resources to preventing another terrorist attack, the NYPD has driven crime down by 34% from 2001 levels. It seems that Ten years after returning to the role of commissioner, Kelly is still doing what he set out to do back in 1963. Serving and protecting New York.