David Cohen is an American intelligence and law enforcement official. A 35-year career in the

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

culminated in service as the

Deputy Director of CIA for Operations The deputy director of the CIA for operations is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal governme ...

from 1995 to 1997. After retiring from CIA, he was the inaugural Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence of the

New York City Police Department The City of New York Police Department, also referred to as New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, munic ...

, serving in this role from 2002 to 2013.

Biography

Cohen spent 35 years in the

(CIA), including serving as

(DDO) from 1995 to 1997. Following his career in the CIA, Cohen was in charge of the Global Political Risk program for insurer

AIG American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. As of 2023, AIG employed 25,200 people. The company operates through three core ...

. Shortly after

Raymond Kelly Raymond Walter Kelly (born September 4, 1941) is an American police officer who was the longest-serving New York City Police Commissioner, Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first person to hold the ...

was appointed

NYPD Commissioner The New York City police commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. The commissioner is responsibl ...

in January 2002, he called Cohen. Cohen spoke with AIG Chairman

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, and joined the NYPD within an hour. In January 2002, Cohen was appointed the NYPD's inaugural Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, reporting directly to Kelly. The post was created by the city government in response to the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

. At the helm, Cohen pushed the NYPD to focus more on analyzing data and reaching out to foreign police departments by stationing officers abroad. Cohen retired from the NYPD in December 2013 and was succeeded by former CBS correspondent John Miller.

References

External links

New Yorker article on the NYPD
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