Last updated on:
2/5/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Howard Safir Biography
- Title:
- Former Police Commissioner of New York City
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“[The ACLU] thinks that any request by police for assistance is intimidation.”
USA Today, “ACLU seeks end to Mass. DNA collections,” Jan. 11, 2005
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Organizations/VIPs/Other
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- CEO and Director, The November Group, Ltd., 2003-present
- Chairman and CEO, SafirRosetti, Omnicom Group, Inc., 2001-present
- 39th Police Commissioner of the City of New York, appointed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, 1996-2000
- 29th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, appointed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, 1994-1996
- Associate Director for Operations, US Marshals Service, 1984-1990
- Chief of the Witness Security Division, US Marshals Service, 1978-1984
- Assistant Director, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, 1977-1978
- Special agent, New York office of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1965-1977
- Education:
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- Certificate, National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989
- Certificate, programs for Senior Managers in Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1988
- BA, History and Political Science, Hofstra University 1963
- Other:
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- None found
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