Exiting NYC Police Commissioner Is Taking Security Job At Visa

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    New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill, left, shakes hands with his successor, Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, at New York's City Hall, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. New York City's police commissioner is retiring after three years in charge of the nation's largest police department, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    NEW YORK (AP) – It’s everywhere New York City’s retiring police commissioner wants to be.

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    James O’Neill is going to start work next month as the new senior vice president and global head of physical security for credit card giant Visa Inc., the company said Wednesday.

    O’Neill announced Monday that he is leaving the New York Police Department on Nov. 30 for an unspecified private sector job, saying it was “something I couldn’t pass up.”

    Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea will succeed him.

    O’Neill, 61, has been with the police department for 36 years. He was named commissioner in September 2016. He called it “the best job in the world.”

    As commissioner, he has led the police department’s move away from controversial policies, guided its response to terrorist attacks and overseen continuing drops in crime.

    O’Neill starts at Visa on Dec. 2. He replaces Don Hill, who is retiring after more than 15 years.

    Visa said in a statement that O’Neill’s “decades-long expertise in law enforcement, investigations and operations makes him an outstanding choice.”


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    Cixelsyd Wnosanoy
    Cixelsyd Wnosanoy
    4 years ago

    I guess today’s national election news is too “liberal” for VIN. Really not good news for the Trumpies.

    Yaakov Doe
    Yaakov Doe
    4 years ago

    O’Neill’s salary at Visa will be many times larger than his NYPD salary. With that and his NYPD pension he’llbe doing very well.

    Steven Wright
    Steven Wright
    4 years ago

    Priceless.

    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    4 years ago

    visa is getting a lemon, oneill sold out to liberals by firing the heroic pantaleo and he sold out jews by allowing anti Semitism to skyrocket.