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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Karen Matthews

Veteran police official Edward Caban becomes first Latino to head the NYPD

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Latino to lead the 178-year-old department.

Mayor Eric Adams administered the oath of office in front of the Bronx stationhouse where Caban started his career, and praised his new police commissioner as “representative of this blue-collar city.”

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