Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey has received the Anti-Defamation League’s William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award in recognition of his career accomplishments.
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey has received the Anti-Defamation League’s William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award in recognition of his career accomplishments.
“Commissioner Ramsey is widely respected both for his expertise in combating terrorism and as a visionary police leader in the arena of civil rights and police-community relations,” ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt said in a release. “He is widely recognized both inside and outside of law enforcement as one of the profession’s most important and influential leaders in American law enforcement and has always believed that a law enforcement leader must also be an educator, mentor and role model.”
Ramsey received the award May 17 during the ADL’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
Ramsey began working with the ADL in 1998 when he developed a training program called Law Enforcement and Society for police recruits that used Holocaust history to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the community it serves. The program also later was used by the FBI.
“It really did stimulate thought. It stimulated emotion. It got people to really understand what it means to be a police officer and how unique our role is in society and how important our role is,” Ramsey said.
Ramsey served as Philadelphia’s police commissioner from 2008 until his retirement Jan. 7. He previously was chief of police for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia and the deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.
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