FILE In this June 1, 202 file photo, Chief of Department of the New York City Police, Terence Monahan, kneels with activists as protesters paused while walking in New York.
Between the pandemic and the protests, Monahan said, āthis was the toughest year that I've ever spent in law enforcement.āRodney Harrison, the chief of the NYPD's detectives squad, is replacing Monahan as chief of department.
Juanita Holmes, a Black woman, succeeded the patrol chief who quit last summer, and Jeffrey Maddrey, a Black man, is the Chief of Community Affairs.
Critics accused police of acting aggressively, and the city later settled a lawsuit with protesters for $18 million.
In July, he was injured in the hand during a scuffle between pro-police and anti-police protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge.