Kemper filed for retirement on Thursday, according to a document obtained by Gothamist. His retirement will be effective on Sept. 27.
After more than three decades at the NYPD, Kemper took over the police department’s $250 million transit division in December 2022. His predecessor, Jason Wilcox, stepped down afterfour high-profile subway shootings
Mayor Eric Adams has made cracking down on subway crime a chief focus since he took office. To that end, Kemper deployed more than 1,000 additional police officers into the subways last year, on top of the 2,500 officers already working in the NYPD’s transit bureau. NYPD overtime spend on extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million last year,. The surge of officers corresponded to a 2% drop in major crimes across the subway system, such as robbery, rape and murder.
But the number of tickets and arrests for fare evasion skyrocketed. Fare jumping arrests have more than doubled since Adams took office, and fare jumping tickets have spiked 160%,. It’s part of a larger crackdown on low-level crimes under Adams that has disproportionately affected Black and Latino New Yorkers,Kemper told Gothamist in an interview last December that targeting fare jumpers saves the MTA money and brings “order” to the subways.
“It’s about correcting behavior,” Kemper said at the time. “Stopping fare evaders sets the tone of law and order.”Police seek man who kidnapped 9-year-old girl from Queens supermarketState Sen. Nellie Pou is expected to win in the heavily Democratic district. Critics said the selection process froze out voters.State Sen. Nellie Pou is expected to win in the heavily Democratic district. Critics said the selection process froze out voters.
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