Mount Vernon deputy police chief’s cushy rise questioned as son faces gang-shooting charges
TL;DR
Westchester County’s Mount Vernon deputy police commissioner Jennifer Lackard, hired in 2020 for a Wellness Unit amid questions about her background, is now charged with allegedly driving her son to a Bronx courthouse drive-by shooting, with her ex-con husband aboard; the case has sparked scrutiny over how she landed the $125,000 post and whether past nonprofit work with inmates or family ties contributed to her cushy ascent.
- Questions swirl over how NY police bigwig accused of driving son to gang shooting landed cushy job New York Post
- Son of ex-Mount Vernon deputy commissioner Jennifer Lackard appears in court in Bronx gang shooting case ABC7 New York
- Mt. Vernon deputy police commissioner arrested FOX 5 New York
- ‘You can't just stand out front': Texts link police official to son in getaway shooting NBC New York
- NY police bigwig, husband helped goon son plan gangland shooting — and mom was getaway driver: sources New York Post
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