Eddie Cabán will be the first Latino to lead the New York Police Department, although he will do so temporarily.
Mayor Eric Adams officially announced Saturday that First Deputy Commissioner Cabán would temporarily take over the largest police department in the United States.
“Until we name a permanent replacement, Eddie Caban has taken the helm as Acting Police Commissioner,” Mayor Adams said in a press release issued Saturday afternoon.
“Cabán is a consummate professional with more than three decades of service with the NYPD. I know the hardworking men and women of our city’s police department have a strong leader until a more formal announcement is made in the coming weeks,” Adams added.
Cabán began his career as an NYPD officer in 1991, patrolling the streets of the South Bronx. His father, Juan Cabán, served as a Detective with the New York City Transit Police and was President of the Hispanic Transit Police Society.
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This Friday, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, relatives, officers, and friends gathered to pay their last tribute to young police officer Jason Rivera, who was killed on Friday in a shooting in Harlem.
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Among the attendees were his mother and brother who commented that Jason Rivera was always a great son, brother and a very proud Latino of his Dominican roots.
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They also recalled that since he was a child the officer dreamed of being a policeman to “leave a smile” on the people he helped.
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“This is probably the hardest thing my heart has ever felt,” his widow, Dominique Luzuriaga, said through sobs. And then she added: “I would say good morning to everyone, but in fact it is the worst morning of all.”
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The young woman, who had just married Jason Rivera in October, described the life they led: they loved watching movies on Netflix, going to Starbucks, eating and walking together.
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He also spoke out against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for watering down the laws for some crimes in NYC.
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“This system keeps failing us. We’re not safe anymore, not even service members,” she said as she moved those listening. “I know you were tired of these laws, especially the new district attorney’s.”
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Jason Rivera’s widow also said she hoped Bragg “is watching you speak through me right now.”
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“I’m sure all our blue family are tired too. But I promise you, we promise you, that your death will not be in vain,” she said.
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When it concluded the entire audience gave her a standing ovation, much of her wiping tears from her eyes.
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Not only his family was crying, but people from all over the world, who have felt identified with the pain of his widow, his mother, his brother and an entire city that cannot understand another “senseless death”.
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On the outskirts thousands of police officers showed up to show their respect.
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Amid that “human tide,” Rivera’s casket, draped in a green, white and blue New York Police Department flag, was escorted by an entourage of police motorcycles to Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
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Daniel Miranda: “The first thing would have to be to completely eliminate ‘Stop and Frisk’, especially with minorities.”
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Jesús Higuera: ‘They should do psychological tests on the police more often.
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Rene Durán: “Better treatment of the community and greater security in the counties and parks.”
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Denise Benítez: “Crime is a very big problem, that should be the priority.”
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Sahaban Sahata: “Some (police officers) should be nicer to people and take classes to treat the community.”
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Isabel Sitan: “That they arrest the criminals who beat immigrants”.
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