NEW YORK – The New York Police Department's highest ranking black official, Chief Philip Banks III, is quitting the department instead of taking a new post.
Banks was supposed to have been named 1st deputy commissioner. That person is second in command at the nation's largest police department. But it's a civilian post and Banks would have become less involved in the department's daily operations.
Commissioner William Bratton confirmed Banks' resignation on Friday.
The department had already announced his appointment earlier this week. Banks was to have taken office during a promotions ceremony Monday.
Banks took over as chief of department in March 2013 under former Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
He's been with the department since 1986. He was previously the head of community affairs.
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