Benjamin B. Tucker
| Benjamin B. Tucker | |
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| First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner | |
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Assumed office November 5, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | William Bratton |
| Preceded by | Rafael Piñeiro |
| Head of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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Benjamin B. Tucker 1951 (age 65–66) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Tucker |
| Alma mater |
John Jay College City University of New York Fordham University |
Benjamin B. Tucker is an American police officer and administrator who was appointed First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner on Nov. 5, 2014, in a ceremony at 1 Police Plaza in New York City. Commissioner Tucker is the NYPD’s 43rd first deputy commissioner. "This is an amazing moment and time in my life," Tucker said. "I joined the NYPD family on November 21, 1969, as an 18-year-old." He was sworn in as a police officer trainee at that time, and is now second in command of the nation's largest police force with a uniformed strength just shy of 35,000, plus several thousand in support staff.
With more than four decades of experience in the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice. Tucker left the NYPD in the 1980s to work for the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board and several other director positions with the Ed Koch administration. He also worked with former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger. He ultimately retired from the force in 1991.
In September 1995, Mr. Tucker was appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton and served as Deputy Director for Operations in the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for funding decisions and recommendations resulting in the awarding and oversight of grants to state and local law enforcement agencies in excess of five billion dollars.
Deputy commissioner Tucker is a recognized expert in community policing. Prior to joining ONDCP, Mr. Tucker served as a professor of criminal justice at Pace University. He has also worked as a consultant to the Urban Institute and as Director of Field Operations and Senior Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Within government, Mr. Tucker served as Deputy Director for Operations at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Executive Director of the New York City Commission on Human Rights; Deputy Assistant Director for Law Enforcement Services in the Office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Chief Executive for School Safety and Planning at the New York City Department of Education.
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