Raymond W. Kelly

Latest Stories

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio wait for the start of the funeral of Joseph Lemm at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. Lemm, who was a technical sergeant in the Air Guard's 105th Base Security Squadron and a 15-year veteran of the NYPD, was killed when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYPD chiefs William Bratton, Raymond Kelly argue over New York crime rates

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly joins TV’s ABC

Associated Press

Ex-NYPD head takes position with real estate firm

Associated Press

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio speaks during a meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in New York. De Blasio, the city&#8217;s public advocate, defeated Joseph J. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by a margin of about 49 percentage points, with 99 percent of the vote counted, to become the city's next mayor. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

De Blasio inherits big counterterror force — and New Yorkers fighting in Syria

By Tom Hays and Colleen Long - Associated Press

** FILE ** New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, announced plans to expand the use of aggressive online investigative tactics and double the size of his department’s gang unit to 300 investigators. Authorities in New York increasingly are tracking gang members through social media. (Associated Press)

NYPD head Ray Kelly wins big retirement perk — a $1.5M tax-paid team of bodyguards

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NYC police: Some leads in fatal shooting of boy, 1

Associated Press

** FILE ** New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, announced plans to expand the use of aggressive online investigative tactics and double the size of his department’s gang unit to 300 investigators. Authorities in New York increasingly are tracking gang members through social media. (Associated Press)

NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly defends ‘essential’ stop-and-frisk

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A piece of landing gear that authorities believe belongs to one of the airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 was found wedged between a mosque and another building, in New York, on Friday, April 26, 2013. Police say the medical examiner's office will complete a health and safety evaluation to determine whether to sift the soil around the buildings for possible human remains. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)

NYPD: Part of 9/11 plane’s landing gear discovered next to Islamic center

Associated Press

** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, addresses a news conference in the Blue Room of New York's City Hall, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Interrogation halt of bombing suspect called ‘mistake’

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

NYC using GPS to catch pill bandits

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

** FILE ** The New York Police Department assigned thousands of extra patrols to Times Square last year on New Year’s Eve to control the crowd and watch for any signs of trouble. (Associated Press)

NYPD keeping eye on the New Year’s Eve ball

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy

By Eileen Aj Connelly and Meghan Barr - Associated Press

NYPD: Soccer-slay suspect left note

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

NYPD is watching Facebook to fight gang bloodshed

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

** FILE ** New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, announced plans to expand the use of aggressive online investigative tactics and double the size of his department’s gang unit to 300 investigators. Authorities in New York increasingly are tracking gang members through social media. (Associated Press)

NYPD eyes Facebook to fight gang violence

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Bystanders and a police officer stand on Fifth Avenue to view the scene after a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. Suspect Jeffrey Johnson killed a former co-worker in cold blood and then himself was shot dead by police. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NYPD: Empire State victims hit by police gunfire

By Tom Hays and Verena Dobnik - Associated Press

An official inspects evidence near the Empire State Building following a shooting, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper and then randomly opened fired on people nearby before firing on police. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

2 killed, 9 wounded outside Empire State Building

By Colleen Long and Tom Hays - Associated Press

People gather early morning July 20, 2012, outside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at the scene of a mass shooting in which 14 people were killed and 50 others were injured. Police said a gunman appeared at the front of the theater where the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" was playing and opened fire. (Associated Press/The Denver Post)

Horrific attack at Batman screening; 12 dead

By P. Solomon Banda and Thomas Peipert - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo discusses the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Albany, N.Y., on Monday. (Associated Press)

Cuomo proposes reducing pot penalty

By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press