At that time he will become the highest ranking openly gay and fully out NYPD Member of the Gay Officers Action League, the group's president, Brian Downey, said in an email from the LGBTQIA+Advisory Committee to the police commissioner.
Ryan has worked on many critically important projects for us over the years. He helped coordinate the NYPD's response and resource deployment to Orlando, FL in the wake of the Pulse Nightclub massacre, Downey said. He has always been a fierce advocate for our members, oftentimes to the highest levels law enforcement and government.
Merola's appointment also kicks hot-headed former acting Chief of Staff Tarik Sheppard back to his job heading the NYPD's press office. Sheppard held both jobs under Interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon, who was none too pleased with him serving as chief of staff, according to sources.
The choice is an early sign that Tisch is putting her stamp on NYPD leadership in a way that most of her unprecedented three predecessors under first-term Mayor Eric Adams had not.
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