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Profile: Bernard Kerik
**Bernard Kerik - chosen by President Bush to protect the US from security threats - is no stranger to danger. **
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40591000/jpg/_40591795_kerik203indexafp.jpg Bernard Kerik, a former New York City street cop
The nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, known as “Bernie” to his friends and colleagues, is a former street cop and undercover narcotics officer.
His long professional association with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for whom he worked as a bodyguard in 1993, resulted in the mayor offering him the city’s top police job in 2000.
During his 15-month tenure as New York’s police commissioner, he was praised for his role in reducing crime rates in the city. During the last year of his term, violent crime had its biggest drop in five years.
He also won national and international plaudits for overseeing the police department’s heroic efforts in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks.
It was at this time that he caught the eye of the White House and was later rewarded with a role as special policy adviser to the Iraqi interim government. He was enlisted to help in set up a fledgling police force. He was also given a honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) award by the UK.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4065105.stm
**Bernard Kerik - chosen by President Bush to protect the US from security threats - is no stranger to danger. **
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40591000/jpg/_40591795_kerik203indexafp.jpg Bernard Kerik, a former New York City street cop
The nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, known as “Bernie” to his friends and colleagues, is a former street cop and undercover narcotics officer.
His long professional association with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for whom he worked as a bodyguard in 1993, resulted in the mayor offering him the city’s top police job in 2000.
During his 15-month tenure as New York’s police commissioner, he was praised for his role in reducing crime rates in the city. During the last year of his term, violent crime had its biggest drop in five years.
He also won national and international plaudits for overseeing the police department’s heroic efforts in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks.
It was at this time that he caught the eye of the White House and was later rewarded with a role as special policy adviser to the Iraqi interim government. He was enlisted to help in set up a fledgling police force. He was also given a honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) award by the UK.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4065105.stm
Does anyone know why Tom Ridge resigned?
