PBA Statement on Promotion of Chief Juanita Holmes to Chief of Patrol

PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said:

“Chief Holmes’s entire family embodies the NYPD’s proudest traditions, so she understands better than anybody how our work and traditions are being undermined and attacked. New York City police officers desperately need competent leaders like Chief Holmes who can effectively push back against the politicians, empower us to do our job, and help us to stop this city’s backward slide. That is the challenge facing Chief Holmes — we give her our support as she takes it on.”