Published by: King Noble,Philip Banks III,Photo: David McGlynn
NYPD in damage control after chief of department quits
Black NYPD’s Chief of Department Quits “You want set me up Like you did Obama and the other Coons”
The NYPD’s chief of department abruptly quit Friday rather than take a promotion from Police Commissioner Bill Bratton that the chief believed was a powerless position setting him up for failure, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
Philip Banks III was to be promoted to first deputy commissioner at a ceremony Monday but backed out at the last minute during a heated meeting at Police Headquarters, sources said.
“You still have not done anything. You have not changed the direction of the Police Department. You asked me to come up with six or seven policies that you did not implement,” Banks fumed at the city’s top cop.
“The department is just going to go further into turmoil, and I don’t want to get blamed for that.”
