By Jack Stern New York City’s disgruntled Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry interviewed for the FBI’s Deputy Director position left vacant by Dan Bongino’s departure, according to multiple sources close to the situation. The news comes with Daughtry’s imminent departure looming as the Mamdani administration is set to take over City Hall in […]
By Tom Joyce Every few years, the same argument gets recycled, repackaged, and sold as if it were new. It isdefinitely not new. The recent use of License Plate Reader (LPR) technology in the Brown University and MIThomicide investigations has triggered predictable outrage despite generating a lead that helpedbring a case to a conclusion. The […]
By Tom JoyceI was talking recently with retired NYPD Deputy Chief Mike Marino: a rare police leader whotruly understood the mission. He wasn’t chasing rank or press releases; he was fighting forpeople. Marino told me something I’ve never forgotten: “When you don’t take a report from a victim, you’re re-victimizing them.” He lived that […]
By Tom Joyce I recently heard someone say, “People don’t leave companies; they leave managers.” It’s a popular line in corporate circles. HR folks nod like it’s gospel. But from where I’ve sat with 20+ years in policing and now a second career in corporate America that logic doesn’t translate to law enforcement. It’s actually […]
Written in response to the Nov. 30, 2025 New York Times article on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and police surveillance. By Tom Joyce As someone who spent decades in law enforcement and the last 19 years working inside public- safety technology, the latest New York Times story about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and the NYPD’s surveillance systems struck a […]