[Overseas Chinese News reporter Liu Yiling reported in New York on December 20] After being promoted to Inspector in July this year, Chinese-American Sylvester Ge was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the New York City Police Highway District (NYPD Highway District). As a member of the Asian-American Police Executives Council (AAPEX) of the New York Police Department, Ge Yuyan became the first Asian in history to serve as the chief of the New York City Police Highway Police Department.
As the chief of the New York City Police Highway Police Department, Ge Yuyan is responsible for supervising the Bronx and Manhattan Group 1, Brooklyn Group 2, Queens Group 3, and Staten Island Group 4, a total of four highways. Law Enforcement Team. The Asian Police Officers Association of the New York Police Department said that Ge Yuyan's appointment as chief of the New York City Police Highway Police Department is another milestone in the growth of the team of senior Asian police officers. In addition to Ge Yuyan, the New York City Police Department currently has seven Asians serving in high-level positions such as the chiefs of the 2nd Precinct, the 62nd Precinct, and the 17th Precinct.
Ge Yuyan, who was born in Shanghai, China, immigrated to the United States at the age of 14 and grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He graduated from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY and received a degree in Police Science. ) and a master's degree in Criminal Justice. In 1994, he joined the law enforcement ranks and was the second person to become a correctional officer for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The instructor (Correction Officer) is Asian.
In 1996, Ge Yuyan joined the New York City Police and served as a housing police officer in the Lower East Side at the beginning of his police career. In 2001, he was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the 114th Precinct and the Internal Affairs Department. In 2004, he was promoted to police inspector and assigned to the 9th Precinct of the Housing Police and the Internal Affairs Department. Worked in Group 56 of the Department of Internal Affairs; promoted to superintendent in 2008, transferred to City Police Precinct 6 as deputy chief and worked in Groups 54, 53 and 27 of the Department of Internal Affairs; promoted to deputy inspector in 2012, in charge of Group 27, which has jurisdiction over Queens, and Group 53, which has jurisdiction over school security , was transferred to the High Speed Command Center as the administrative director in 2017, and served as the executive officer of DCPI in 2020. Promoted to Inspector in July 2021,
The New York City Police Highway Police Department began in 1911 and was formerly the first motorcycle squad in the history of the New York City Police Department. After a century of development, the bureau currently has 300 police officers responsible for patrolling New York City's highways and maintaining traffic safety through alcohol concentration testing and stopping speeding driving. In addition, the bureau's responsibilities also include responding to highway traffic accidents, investigating fatal traffic accidents, setting up anti-terrorism inspections at bridges and intersections, and being responsible for the protection of dignitaries and other important personnel.
