McNesby has for years been a controversial local figure — an unapologetic defender of police officers, a bruising labor leader, and a pugnacious public presence prone to incendiary rhetoric.
John McNesby, the longtime president of the Philadelphia police officers’ union, will be departing his post next month to take another job., said in a statement Friday that he will leave the union on Nov. 10 to take “a new position with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” He did not elaborate, and, through a spokesperson, declined to be interviewed.
McNesby has for years been a prominent and controversial local figure — an unapologetic promoter and defender of police officers, including someHe helped build the FOP — which represents more than 13,000 active and retired officers — into a local political player, issuing endorsements in contests ranging from
And in recent years, he has become perhaps the most prolific public critic of District Attorney Larry Krasner, the city’s reform-oriented prosecutor. Krasner, for his part, has been quick to blast McNesby as out-of-touch and anMcNesby, 57, of Byberry, became a police officer in 1989, and was an academy classmate of former Commissioner Richard Ross. While on the force, McNesby spent much of his career in narcotics, and was elected to lead the local FOP in 2007.
And at various points over the years, the FOP has sued to try and prevent new initiatives by other city agencies, including the DA’s development ofBeyond the actions of his union, McNesby has been criticized for his incendiary rhetoric.
The FOP’s board will meet next week to elect McNesby’s successor, according to the statement announcing his departure.
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