Both Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill himself held up Mr. O’Neill as a role model to 555 new NYPD officers at their graduation ceremony Dec. 28.
“I want you to think about him because he sat exactly where you are sitting today 33-34 years ago,” Mr. de Blasio said. “Jimmy O’Neill came up through the ranks starting as a patrol officer, rising up to the highest uniformed rank of this department, and now to Commissioner. Let that be an example to all of you that through hard work and commitment and focus, any member of this class could one day end up running this extraordinary agency.”
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