Exclusive | High-ranking black NYPD chiefs saw challenges, victories

Felix Victorino

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Three senior New York Police Department (NYPD) chiefs shared their experiences as they became some of the department’s highest-ranking Afro-descendant executives within the Black History Month. Bronx commander, Chief Benjamin Gurley; Southern Queens commander, Chief Christopher McIntosh; and Midtown North commander, Chief Aaron Edwards, spoke about the challenges of moving up to executive leadership positions in the country’s largest police. “As…