Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950), is the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Philadelphia Police Department ( PPD) is the Police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Prior to assuming that post in January 2008, he had served as Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) from 1998 to 2006. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, also known as the DC Police, MPD, and MPDC is the municipal Police
A native of Chicago, Illinois, he joined the Chicago Police Department as an 18-year-old cadet in 1968. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Chicago, Illinois Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After serving six years as a patrol officer, he was promoted to sergeant in 1977. Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays He was appointed a lieutenant in 1984 and became captain in 1988. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) He served as Commander of the Narcotics Section from 1989 to 1992 before spending two years as a Deputy Chief of the police force's Patrol Division. In 1994, he was appointed Deputy Superintendent.
In 1998, he became the MPDC chief. He has been involved in several high-profile cases as chief of police in America's capital city, such as the Chandra Levy murder investigation. Chandra Ann Levy ( April 14, 1977 – ca May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington D He has also been in the spotlight since the September 11, 2001 attacks focused attention on security issues around Washington, D. C.
Ramsey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian University located in Romeoville Illinois. Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.
He has served as an adjunct professor at Lewis University and Northwestern University.
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Career as Washington, D. C. police chief
Ramsey's six-year tenure as commissioner saw crime rates decline about 40%, the expansion of community policing and traffic safety programs, and improved MPDC recruiting and hiring standards, training, equipment, facilities and fleet. He reorganized the department to cut bureaucracy, and created Regional Operations Commands to oversee the quality of D. C. police services. He helped to create a non-emergency 3-1-1 system and made crime information readily available to the public through [CrimeReports.com].
He and his department assisted the Department of Homeland Security during the state funeral of Ronald Reagan. The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, died on June 5 2004 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade
Civil rights record
Crime emergencies
While police chief, he declared numerous crime emergencies.
Traffic checkpoints
Under Ramsey, the D. C, police instituted traffic checkpoints at which information about motorists who were breaking no law at the time was entered into a database. The move was called an "invasion of privacy" by an official of the police union. [1]
Pershing Park arrests
On September 27, 2002, the MPD made a mass arrest of a large group of demonstrators who had assembled in DC's Pershing Park to protest the World Bank and IMF meetings. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The World Bank is an internationally supported Bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic The police enclosed over 400 people in the park and arrested them without ordering them to disperse or allowing them to leave the park. Many of the arrested were not actually demonstrators, but were journalists, legal observers, and pedestrians.
On January 13, 2006, the D. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. C. Court of Appeals ruled that the arrests violated the Fourth Amendment and that Chief Ramsey could be held personally liable for the violations. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal On August 2, 2007, City officials in Washington agreed to pay $1 million to more than 120 of the protesters, on top of other settlements by the D. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. C. government, including one for $640,000. [2]
Resignation in D. C.
On November 20, 2006, Ramsey announced that he would step down as police chief on January 2, 2007, the inauguration day of DC Mayor-Elect Adrian M. Fenty. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) is the sixth and current mayor of the District of Columbia, having begun his term of office on Fenty selected Cathy Lanier, a 39-year-old commander of the MPDC's Homeland Security Division, as his replacement. Cathy L Lanier is the Chief of Police with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC
Even though Ramsey's official last day was December 28, 2006, he stayed on until January 2, to deal with security during the state funeral of former president Gerald Ford. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, at 645 p
There also is a dispute about Ramsey's pension between the District of Columbia Government and the D. C. Council.
Move to Philadelphia
On November 15, 2007, Philadelphia Mayor Elect Michael Nutter nominated Ramsey as Police Commissioner. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Michael Anthony "Mike" Nutter (born June 29, 1957) is the Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ramsey was officially sworn in at the beginning of Nutter's term as Mayor on January 7, 2008.