The Upper West Side’s Cagney
When Kathleen O’Reilly graduated from the Police Academy in 1991, she started out in the tough Northern Manhattan precincts. She remembers helping families identify their loved ones with DNA after the Sept. 11 attacks.
But during the last three years, she has been in the 24th precinct, which covers the West Side from West 86th to 110th streets, an eclectic, vibrant neighborhood.
“The Upper West Side is a wonderful place to work,” said O’Reilly, who is deputy inspector. “In a policing sense, it incorporates all three aspects: transit, housing developments and a large business community.” Read more
An Ear to the Ground
When Clark Tiger graduated from the police academy in 1991, his class was the second to take part in a new policy that assigned new officers directly to a precinct instead of a borough.
Growing up on the West Side, he was fortunate to be placed in the 20th precinct, which covers West 59th Street to 86th streets.
“I knew the neighborhood very well, and was very excited to be working here,” Tiger said.
Tiger, 42, has spent his entire 18 years on the police force in the 20th precinct, building important connections with neighborhood organizations. When he became a community affairs officer in 2001, these relationships became valuable in handling the precinct’s many demonstrations, street fairs and block parties. Read more
