Raymond Walter Kelly ( born September 4 , 1941 ) is the longest serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department ( NYPD ) and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures . According to its website , Kelly — a lifelong New Yorker — had spent 47 years in the NYPD , serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2002 until 2013 . Kelly was the first person to rise from Police Cadet to Police Commissioner , holding all of the department 's ranks , except for Three-Star Bureau Chief , Chief of Department , and Deputy Commissioner , having been promoted directly from Two-Star Chief to First Deputy Commissioner in 1990 . After his handling of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 , he was mentioned for the first time as a possible candidate for FBI Director . After Kelly turned down the position , Louis Freeh was appointed
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1993 World Trade Center bombing
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