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Chair asks if officers can apply directly to intelligence; McKenzie prefers field experience

New York City Council · Oct 26, 2026 · starts 1:20:24 · 24 sec

Brooks-Powers asks whether someone can apply directly into the intelligence unit rather than coming up through the ranks. McKenzie says someone with a specific skill set like cyber might be pulled in, but DOP generally prefers officers with adult or juvenile field experience.

Gale A. Brewer

reassessing I can't believe it's not going to be easy there's lots of gaps so you'll let us know where you are in terms of

Gale A. Brewer

Reassessing?

Robert Eusebio

Obviously, we will come back and get your support as well because we believe that everyone has a stake here as a city.

Robert Eusebio

To do better, we all got to work collectively, and that's part of our NEOM model, right?