Veteran Police Official Edward Caban Sworn in as New NYPD Commissioner

Edward A. Caban gestures after being sworn in as NYPD police commissioner outside New York City Police Department 40th Precinct in New York on July 17, 2023. Jeenah Moon/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Latino to lead the 178-year-old department.

Mayor Eric Adams administered the oath of office in front of the Bronx stationhouse where Mr. Caban started his career, and praised his new police commissioner as “representative of this blue-collar city.”