China News Service, July 28. According to the Overseas Chinese News Network, the New York City Police Department's Samsung Chinese Superintendent Thomas Chan is about to retire. The New York City Police Department will hold a retirement ceremony for him at its headquarters on August 20.
Chen Wenye is the highest-ranked Asian police officer in the Municipal Police Headquarters. He was appointed Chief of Management Analysis and Planning in December 2019. He previously served as the Police Traffic Director. He joined the police force in the early 1980s. Since then, he has served in the police for nearly 40 years.
Chen Wenye, who grew up in the Lower East Side Government Building in New York, is the first generation of American-born Chinese. His father came to the United States at the age of 12 and later returned to Taishan, Guangdong to get married. The couple have two women and two boys. Chen Wenye is the youngest child.
In high school, Chen Wenye attended the famous school Stuyvenson, majored in biology at John Jay, and worked as an emergency ambulance after graduation. He worked in many hospitals such as St. Vincent. He once delivered babies to Chinese mothers on East Broadway. Baby.
In 1982, Chen Wenye became a police officer and was assigned to Harlem in Upper Manhattan. He once patrolled the 125th Street subway station to guard the passengers who returned home at night.
In 1995, Chen Wenye became the first head of Chinese descent in the history of Chinatown 5 Branch. During his tenure, he worked hard to change the phenomenon that new immigrants did not report to the police when they encountered crimes and improved the public security situation in Chinatown.
Chen Wenye has been promoted step by step in the workplace. He has outstanding achievements in every new position. He once handled a student demonstration obstructing traffic easily and steadily. He was witnessed by the former police chief Kelly who was secretly watching and was greatly appreciated. 2010 He was promoted to a two-star police officer by Kelly.
When Chen Wenye was in the patrol department in the Brooklyn South District, he was in charge of 13 branches. During his tenure, he successfully controlled illegal guns and greatly reduced the crime rate in the district. He was praised by Kelly again. He was then promoted to the Director of Traffic of the Police Department, and was entrusted by Mayor Bai Sihao to implement the "Vision Zero" transportation plan. During his tenure, he reduced the number of car accident deaths in New York City to the lowest in history. (Lin Jing)