Eric Adams taps ex-FBI official Tom Donlon as interim police commissioner after Caban resignation

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Tom Donlon, a prominent former FBI and counterterrorism official, will serve as the NYPD’s interim commissioner, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday.

The appointment came after Adams said he accepted the resignation of embattled Commissioner Edward Caban, who stepped down amid a federal probe that saw agents seize electronic devices from his home in a stunning raid last week.

“I’m taking immediate action in appointing Tom Donlon as interim police commissioner,” Adams said in a video address.

“Tom is an experienced law enforcement professional who has worked at the local, state, federal and international levels.”

Donlon, a Bronx native, served as New York’s director of the Office of Homeland Security, ran the FBI’s National Threat Assessment Center and the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force.

He also worked as the cold-case agent investigating the 1993 Twin Towers bombing, as well as the attacks on US embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in Yemen by al Qaeda.

After stints at Credit Suisse and Blackrock, Donlon founded Global Security Resolutions, a New York City-based company that provides security, protection and investigative work.

Donlon’s time with New York’s Office of Homeland Security during the 2000s brought him into contact with Adams, who then served on the state Senate’s homeland security committee. 

“I am honored and humbled to be named interim-Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, the greatest law enforcement agency in the world,” Donlon said in a statement.

“My goals are clear: continue the historic progress decreasing crime and removing illegal guns from our communities, uphold the highest standards of integrity and transparency, and support our dedicated officers who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe,” he added. “I want to thank outgoing Commissioner Caban for his service to this department throughout his more than 30-year career and I look forward to building on the progress this administration has made keeping New York City the safest big city in America.”

Additional reporting by Larry Celona