New York City has appointed its first Latino police commissioner as authorities work to diversify the leadership of the country’s largest police department and curb the city’s crime rate
Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that Edward Caban had been promoted to the city’s top cop position. Caban, who is of Puerto Rican descent, has served as acting police commissioner since Keechant Sewell resigned in June. Caban first joined the NYPD in 1991 and was the son of a transit police officer. Caban was promoted to deputy inspector in 2008 and served as the adjunct of patrol for Brooklyn north where he “oversaw many public safety programs.
” Caban’s appointment comes as police nationwide have faced scrutiny for profiling and violence against Black and Latino people. In 2021, Latinos accounted for 33.2% of misdemeanor arrests in New York City and 28.9% of the population, according to police data. That same year, Black people in New York City accounted for 20% of the population but also 42% of all misdemeanor arrests, data shows.
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