John McClintock (police commissioner)
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Captain John McClintock (1874–?) was the deputy Police Commissioner of New York City.
Biography
[edit]John was born in 1874 to Emory McClintock of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He attended Berkeley School and later Columbia University and the New York University School of Law.[1]
His United States Army service began in the Spanish–American War.[1]
Frank Swett Black appointed him a major in the 203rd New York Volunteers. He was appointed by Douglas Imrie McKay as a First Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City on February 1, 1914.[1]
He resigned on December 15, 1914 in the aftermath of the killing of Barnet Baff.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Capt. John McClintock Made First Deputy" (PDF). New York Times. February 1, 1914. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Shift in Deputy Commissioners" (PDF). New York Times. December 8, 1914. Retrieved 2010-08-23.