NYPD Commissioner Kelly reportedly in running for post at JPMorgan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oct. 12, 2013: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly speaks to the media during a news conference at One Police Plaza to announce that after an investigation that lasted more than two decades they had arrested the killer of a then unidentified child who was nicknamed Baby Hope in New York. (AP/John Minchillo)
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, unwanted by Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, is in the running for a top security job at JPMorgan Chase, sources at the financial giant told The Post.
The position would include overseeing the firm’s cyber-security, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
When asked for comment about Kelly’s potential career move, his personal attorney said in a statement, “The Police Commissioner has not accepted any post governmental offers. … Because of city [Conflict of Interest Board] rules, he has not even had discussions with, much less accepted any offer from anyone who does business with the city and will not do so until he leaves office.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelly was widely expected to vacate the post he held for 10 years with the election of Bill de Blasio, a sharp critic of his stop-and-frisk policy.
Sources familiar with the situation said Kelly’s position could include a seven-figure salary and bonuses.
The firm’s senior security officer, Thomas Higgins, left about a month ago and has not been replaced.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelly has a great rapport with JPMorgan’s senior leaders, in particular Chief Executive Jamie Dimon.
Kelly sent Dimon a thank you note in 2010 professing his “profound gratitude” to JPMorgan for donating $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, the private fund-raising arm of the department.
Kelly — who was also police commissioner from 1992 to 1994 — has experience in the banking world. He was the managing director for corporate security at Bear Stearns from 2000 to 2001.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}JPMorgan officials refused to comment on the report.