Rodney Harrison's name will forever be linked to what many believe is the biggest case in Suffolk County history: Rex Heuermann's arrest in the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach killings.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. -- Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison is resigning after just two years at the helm. Harrison, 54, made history on Long Island in more ways than one after his three decades with the NYPD. 'I was just blessed to be given this opportunity to be the commissioner for the last two years. I will say this, that I am looking forward to my new life, which is to be around my family,' said Harrison, who caught many off guard with the announcement.
Harrison was selected after a nationwide search. He became Suffolk's first Black police commissioner. 'I don't want to be known as the person that came out here and solved Gilgo, because it was a great team effort that got us to a point of identifying a subject,' said Harrison. Why leave now? Some claim it was ill-advised for Harrison to appear at a private attorney's Gilgo press conference in October. Harrison received veiled criticism from the Republican district attorney.
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