Keechant L. Sewell is the 45th New York City Police Commissioner and is an American police officer and administrator.
She is the first woman to lead the New York City Police Department as Commissioner.
Mayor-Elect Eric Adams announced Sewell’s appointment as the 45th New York City police commissioner on December 14, 2021.
She became the New York Police Department’s first female commissioner and the department’s third black commissioner.
Sewell was sworn in as the first female commissioner of the New York Police Department on January 1, 2022, 176 years after the department was created.
Sewell was chastised for accepting the job in front of a mural of Assata Shakur, who was convicted of murdering a cop.
Where did Keechant Sewell go to college?
Keechant Sewell completed her high school and undergraduate education in Queens, New York City, New York.
