Could NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch be draining the backwater?
On Friday, Tisch promoted Chief of Training Olufunmilola “Lola” Obe to the all-important job of chief of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau — and, in doing so, suggested that maybe she sees the typically auto-centric division as ripe for change.
“Chief Lola Obe is one of the most accomplished and forward-thinking leaders in the NYPD,” Tisch said, citing a 31-year-career that began as a cadet assigned to the Upper West Side’s 24th Precinct in 1992. Since that rookie stint, Obe has been an officer in the 17th, 19th, 25th, 28th, 34th, and 50th Precincts (the last one in the Bronx), the Property Clerk Division, Patrol Borough Manhattan North, and in the Police Commissioner’s Office…