POLICE COMMISSIONER CABAN APPOINTS REBECCA WEINER AS NYPD DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERTERRORISM

July 19, 2023

Weiner Becomes First Woman to Hold Position in NYPD’s 178-Year History

Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban today announced the appointment of Rebecca Ulam Weiner as Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism for the New York City Police Department. Weiner is the first woman to serve in this capacity in the police department’s 178-year history.

A 17-year veteran of the NYPD, Deputy Commissioner Weiner has overseen investigative, analytical, operational, and engagement efforts across the domains of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, criminal intelligence, violence mitigation, infrastructure and event protection, and geopolitical.

“It gives me great comfort to know that Deputy Commissioner Weiner will lead the NYPD’s singular intelligence and counterterrorism team,” said Police Commissioner Caban. “Her entire career has prepared her for this moment, and New York City is fortunate to have her. I am certain she will be relentless in the nonstop work of protecting all New Yorkers.”

“Police Commissioner Caban and I are honored to announce the appointment of Rebecca Ulam Weiner as the NYPD’s new Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism—the first woman in NYPD history to serve in this role,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “Deputy Commissioner Weiner has an impressive resume covering nearly every civilian title in her field, and New York City is fortunate to have someone of this caliber and experience looking out for our safety. Protecting our nation’s security is also in Deputy Commissioner Weiner’s blood. Her family was on one of the last boats out of Poland before the Nazis invaded, after which her grandfather immigrated to the United States and faithfully served this country as a mathematician on the Manhattan Project. Today, she is following in her grandfather’s legacy and protecting our city and our nation’s security – this is the American Dream. Deputy Commissioner Weiner is a true-blue New Yorker who has taken on the job of protecting our city and our nation. I look forward to working with her, Commissioner Caban, and everyone else at the NYPD as we continue to keep our city the safest big city in America."

About Deputy Commissioner Weiner

Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Ulam Weiner began her career with the NYPD in 2006, overseeing the department’s Counterterrorism Operations and Analysis Section, and developing an internationally recognized intelligence and threat-analysis program. She also served as the first representative of local law enforcement on the Director of National Intelligence's National Intelligence Council, where she focused on transnational crime and terrorism. Weiner also previously served as legal counsel to the NYPD Intelligence Bureau's Intelligence Analysis Unit and as team leader for the Middle East and North Africa, overseeing intelligence collection and analysis related to threats associated with those regions.

Most recently, Weiner became the civilian executive in charge of the NYPD’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau. There, she oversaw investigative, analytical, operational, and engagement efforts across the domains of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, criminal intelligence, violence mitigation, infrastructure and event protection, and geopolitical risk. She developed policies and strategic priorities for the Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau and publicly represented the NYPD in matters involving counterterrorism and intelligence.

Before joining the NYPD in 2006, Deputy Commissioner Weiner was an international security fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; a biotechnology consultant at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and a science & technology research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Weiner graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in History & Literature, and she graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2005 with a Juris Doctorate. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia’s School for International and Public Affairs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 2006.

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