Howard Safir

Howard Safir is the former commissioner of the New York City Police Department (1996-2000) and Chairman and CEO of Vigilant Resources International (VRI).

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy (L) and Mayor Rahm Emanuel arrive for a press conference to address the arrest of Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago on Nov. 24, 2015.

Former Police Commissioner: Firing Chicago Police Chief Puts Us in Danger

'We cannot let emotion and politics return us to the bad old days'

Former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir attends the launch of The Badge With Howard Safir at SiriusXM Studio on January 25, 2012 in New York City.

Police Commissioner: 'Feel-Good' Policing Isn't the Answer to Increased Crime

Stop demoralizing police officers—and start focusing on criminals

Police Commissioner: Bad Old Days of Crime May Be Back

The current system of reforming police is broken—here's how to fix it

Howard Safir: War on Police Is Causing Violence To Increase

Police officers stand between civil society and chaos

Howard Safir: Police Brutality Is Inexcusable — and Rare

To ascribe negative traits to the majority of police officers is wrong

A police officer walks through Times Square in New York on Jan. 8, 2015.

Safir: The War on Police Hurts the War on Terror

With police under siege, we are all more vulnerable to terrorist attack

A man leaves flowers at an impromptu memorial near the site where two police officers were killed the day before in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Dec. 21, 2014.

Howard Safir: Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I've Seen in 45 Years

We have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in...

We have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land.

Howard Safir

Former Police Commissioner: Firing Chicago Police Chief Puts Us in Danger

Police Commissioner: 'Feel-Good' Policing Isn't the Answer to Increased Crime

Police Commissioner: Bad Old Days of Crime May Be Back

Howard Safir: War on Police Is Causing Violence To Increase

Howard Safir: Police Brutality Is Inexcusable — and Rare

Safir: The War on Police Hurts the War on Terror

Howard Safir: Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I've Seen in 45 Years

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