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Ex NYPD chief reshapes US Customs amid race profiling push
Former NYPD commissioner Kelly took the helm at U S Customs in 1998 amid racial profiling complaints. He tightened command, rewrote a handbook, shifted supervisors, and expanded units in intelligence and art while instituting checks on personal searches. He reported fewer complaints, yet noted ongoing concerns about disproportionate searches of Black and Hispanic travelers. The agency, with 19,000 staff across 301 ports, claims drugs found rose 23 percent as searches dropped 70 percent.
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Wame Buritica
Mae Neen Kelly
U.S. Customs Service
Buritica
Francisco
Colombia
Kelly
New York City
Customs
Danny K. Davis
D-Nir
Congressional Black Caucus
Davis
FBI
CIA
Paul Browne
NYPD
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Emily Whitfield
Mission of
New Art Unit
Park Avenue
Michael Steinhardt
Metropolitan Museum Board
B.C
Italy
Steinhardt
Ministry of Culture