Benjamin Ward (August 10, 1926 - June 10, 2002) was the first black New York City Police Commissioner. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Ward was one of 11 children and was born in the Weeksville section of Brooklyn, New York. Weeksville was a village founded by African American Freedmen in what is now the New York City borough of Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
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Military and Police experience
Drafted into the Army after graduating Brooklyn Automotive Trades High School in 1944, he served as an Military Policeman (MP) and a criminal investigator with the Army in Europe for two years. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Military police ( MPs) are normally the Police of a Military Organization. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
Ward entered the NYPD on June 1, 1951 as a patrolman, becoming the first black officer assigned to Brooklyn's 80th Precinct, where he faced resentment from both white residents and white fellow cops. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. He wasn't assigned a locker at the precinct, forcing him to dress at home and ride the subway to work in his uniform for three years. The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency
During the next 15 years in uniform, he rose through the ranks to Lieutenant, serving in the Patrol Division, Juvenile Aide Division, Detective Division, and Legal Bureau. Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services His rise was aided, in part, by his after-work studies at Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School that earned him undergraduate and law degrees -- invariably with top honors. Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn New York. Brooklyn Law School ( BLS) is a Law school located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
He eventually served as special legal counsel to Police Commissioner Howard R. The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Leary. Ben left the uniformed ranks to become executive director of NYPD's Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1966. The Civilian Complaint Review Board is an all-civilian board tasked with investigating civil complaints about alleged misconduct on the part of the New York Police Department Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.
Two years later he was named a Deputy Police Commissioner, serving as chief hearing officer in all departmental disciplinary matters.
Later he became Deputy Commissioner of Community Affairs with responsibilities for the Youth Aid Division and the Auxiliary Forces Section.
Ward's involvement with the cover-up at Harlem Mosque #7
On April 14, 1972, Patrolman Philip Cardillo and Vito Navarra responded to a "10-13" call at 102 East 116th Street in Harlem, which was a Nation of Islam mosque where Malcolm X used to preach. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center The Nation of Islam ( NOI) (أمة الإسلام Ummah al-Islāmu) is a group founded in Detroit, Michigan, Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19 1925 February 21 1965 also known as El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz, was an African American Upon arriving inside, they were ambushed by 15 to 20 men, one of whom, according to the ballistics report, shot Cardillo at point blank range. Most of the police were forced out of the mosque and locked out, leaving a dying Cardillo and officers Victor Padilla and Ivan Negron locked from within.
Police eventually managed to break down the door and witnessed a man named Louis 17X Dupree standing over Cardillo with a gun in hand. Before Dupree could be taken into custody, however, Louis Farrakhan and Charles Rangel arrived at the scene, threatening a riot if Dupree was not released. Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is the Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam as the National Representative Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American Politician. Just as the police forensics unit was about to seal off the crime scene, they were ordered out of the mosque by the police brass. Outside a mob had overrun the street and overturned a police cruiser, shouting, "I hope you die you pigs. I hope you drop dead. " (Cannato pp. 485-486)
One of the officials who hampered the ballistics investigation was Benjamin Ward. Ward had ordered all white police officers away from the scene, acquiescing to the demands of Farrakhan and Rangel. (Cannato p. 487)
Career in New York City and State Government
Mayor John V. Lindsay designated Ward as Traffic Commissioner in 1973. John Vliet Lindsay ( November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Politician who served as a member of the The New York City Department of Transportation ( NYCDOT or DOT) is responsible for the management of much of New York City Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Under his leadership, uniformed traffic controllers from his agency took on street duties, thereby freeing hundreds of police officers from traffic direction posts. The following year he headed up what is now known as the Criminal Justice Agency that performs a bail risk evaluations.
In 1975, Governor Hugh L. Carey named him New York State Department of Correctional Services Commissioner, heading one of the nation's largest prisons systems, with 20,000 inmates, 20,000 parolees and 12,000 employees. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Leo Carey (born April 11, 1919) was the Governor of New York between 1975 and 1982 The New York State Department of Correctional Services or NYSDOCS is the agency of New York State responsible for the care confinement and rehabilitation of He was the first African American to hold that position.
Three years later, Mayor Edward I. Koch named him to the first of three posts in his administration: Chief of the New York City Housing Authority Police. Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924;) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. It was the fifth largest police department in the state, providing protection to 600,000 in the HA's 254 developments.
On August 13, 1979, he was designated to run the New York City Correction Department, heading the largest municipal detention system in the world. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The New York City Department of Correction is responsible for over 13000 of New York City's inmates housing the majority of them on Riker's Island and He served as commissioner until December 31, 1983, when he accepted an appointment by Koch as New York City Police Commissioner. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
Ward was sworn in by Mayor Koch as the city’s 34th Police Commissioner on January 5, 1984. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) He was the first African American to hold that position. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Ward oversaw the nation's largest police department during the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic and a sharp increase in crime and murder. Crack cocaine or crack is a solid smokable form of Cocaine. It is a freebase form of cocaine that can be made using baking soda ( Sodium bicarbonate
It was also a period of racial unrest, marked by the shooting of four black men by white subway gunman Bernhard Goetz, the police shooting of an elderly black woman, the death of a black man chased by a white gang onto a highway, and the fatal beating of a black youth by a white mob. Bernard Hugo Goetz, known as Bernhard or Bernie (born November 7, 1947) was dubbed the "Subway Vigilante" by the New York press Eleanor Bumpurs ( August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984) was an African-American woman who was shot dead by police officers called to Michael Griffith (1963 – 1986 was a 23-year old man born in Trinidad and lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, who was killed after being hit by a car Yusef Hawkins (also spelled as Yusuf Hawkins) was a 16-year-old African American youth who was shot to death on August 23 1989 in Bensonhurst, a working-class
Life after retirement
Ward retired as NYC Police Commissioner on October 22, 1989. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) After his retirement, he remained active, teaching and serving on various boards until failing health forced him to curtail such endeavors.
He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, an Adjunct Professor of Corrections at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and an adjunct professor of the Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in midtown Manhattan New York City and is the only liberal arts college Hudson Valley Community College, a SUNY associated two-year college is located in Troy in Rensselaer County New York. Troy is a City in New York, US, and the County seat of Rensselaer County.
Death
Benjamin Ward died on June 10, 2002 at the age of 75. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. He was survived by his wife, the former Olivia Irene Tucker, a retired public school principal; three daughters, Jacquelyn Ward, Margie Ward-Lewis and Mary Ward; two sons, Benjamin Jr. The New York City Department of Education ( NYCDOE) is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an Elementary school, Middle school, or High school in some English-speaking and Gregory; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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References
Further reading
- Cannato, Vincent J. The Tompkins Square Park Riot occurred on August 6 &ndash August 7 1988 in New York City 's Tompkins Square Park. "The ungovernable city: John Lindsay and his struggle to save New York". New York: Basic Books, 2001. 703 pages. (ISBN 0465008437)
- Jurgensen, Randy, and Robert Cea. "Circle of Six: The True Story of New York's Most Notorious Cop-killer And the Cop Who Risked Everything to Catch Him". New York: Disinformation Co. ; London: Virgin [distributor], 2006. 256 pages. (ISBN 1932857397)
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