Police bigwig accused of driving son's getaway car in gang shooing is sorority sisters with mayor: report

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A suburban New York constabulary authoritative accused of driving the getaway car for her son's alleged pack shooting reportedly had connections to the mayor's bureau erstwhile she landed the enactment role.

Court records bespeak Jennifer Lackard, 49, and her lad Chase, 20, were some arrested by the New York Police Department connected Tuesday successful transportation with a June 29 drive-by shooting astatine rival pack members adjacent the Bronx Criminal Court.

Prior to her arrest, Lackard worked arsenic the lawman commissioner of wellness for the Mount Vernon Police Department.

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Jennifer Lackard, 49, is facing charges accused of driving the get-away car portion her lad carried retired an alleged pack shooting, constabulary say. (City of Mount Vernon)

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Mount Vernon borders the Bronx, conscionable northbound of New York City.

Lackard and Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard are Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters, according to the New York Post.

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In her erstwhile position, Lackard was tasked with constabulary reform, civilian ailment reappraisal committee implementation and serviceman wellness.

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Jennifer Lackard served arsenic a lawman constabulary commissioner with the Mount Vernon Police Department. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News via Getty Images; Mt. Vernon Police Department)

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When she was hired the metropolis said, "Lackard brings a wealthiness of cognition and resources to the City of Mount Vernon has worked connected the assemblage level arsenic President of the Station of Hope situation re-entry ministry astatine Grace Baptist Church and organizer of the Re-Entry Meetup for Westchester County since 2015."

NYPD officers and detectives analyse aft Chase Lackard, lad of Deputy Police Commssioner of Mount Vernon was changeable and wounded by police

NYPD officers and detectives analyse aft Chase Lackard, 19, was changeable and wounded by constabulary connected White Plains Road adjacent Lafayette Ave. successful the Bronx connected Nov. 22, 2024, successful New York City. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News via Getty Images)

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In a 2020 interrogation with Gothamist, she "acknowledged the leap of religion it took for the section to springiness her the position," and she had "never worked for a constabulary department," anterior to landing the position.

The City of Mount Vernon hired Jennifer Lackard successful July 2020. (Getty Images: Ward Dewitt)

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She antecedently held advisory roles connected the Westchester County Probation Advisory Board and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice Implementation Task Force.

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In a connection posted connected societal media, the City of Mount Vernon said successful part, "Effective immediately, the City of Mount Vernon has terminated Jennifer Lackard’s employment. The allegations are unrelated to her duties with the Mount Vernon Police Department and bash not stem from immoderate behaviour associated with the Department oregon the show of her authoritative responsibilities."