From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/us-news/former-nypd-commissione-be   
   nie-kerik-dead-at-69/   
      
       Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was known as "America's   
       Cop" and led the city's police department through the 9/11   
       terror attacks, died Thursday after he was hospitalized with   
       cardiac disease.   
      
       He was 69 and surrounded by family and friends at the time of   
       his death at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.   
      
       Kerik, whose high-profile career was peppered with success and   
       controversy, shot to prominence when he was named the Big   
       Apple's top cop by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2000 and   
       presided over a 63% drop in violent crime.   
      
       The 40th police commissioner was also dubbed the "beat cop   
       commissioner" for his hands-on leadership style, making five   
       arrests during his 16-month tenure as commissioner, including   
       one involving two ex-convicts in Harlem driving a stolen van.   
      
       Kerik, whose law enforcement career spanned four decades and   
       involved national security work, helmed the department during   
       the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, overseeing response,   
       rescue, recovery and investigative efforts.   
      
       "For nearly two decades, Kerik served and protected New Yorkers   
       in the NYPD, including helping rebuild the city in the aftermath   
       of 9/11," the Finest said on X.   
      
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