John Chell | Chief of Department for the NYPD | 08-08-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

John Chell, Chief of department for the New York City Police Department, joins the show to discuss historic lows in New York City’s shooting incidents and celebrates the largest NYPD graduating class in a decade. He emphasizes the importance of good pay, respect, and recruitment in revitalizing the force. Chell, a 32-year veteran, shares plans to end his career at the same Brooklyn precinct where it began. The segment closes with laughs and praise for Sid, whom Chell jokingly says he’d want to be reincarnated as. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's your buddy, Sid Rosenberg, and yeah, I'm famous. But guess what? So is my guy Mike. I love him and his son, Michael, at Genesis of Brooklyn. This is not your typical dealership. Trust me, I've been there. It's a gorgeous place. The service, legendary. Brooklyn Family Values, Baby, that's what I'm talking about. Free valet pickup up to 25 miles. Current year Genesis loaners, three years of maintenance included, transparent, efficient, respectful, the best luxury service around.
0:27.3	Genesis of Brooklyn, these are my guys.
0:29.5	Mike and Mike, more luxury, less money.
0:32.9	This is sit-in friends in the morning.
0:35.8	Entertaining and informative.
0:38.2	Oh, you're my best friend.
0:40.7	77 W.A.B.C.
0:42.8	New York's top cop, the great John Shell.
0:47.4	John, congratulations.
0:48.9	You've got that song to yourself now.
0:51.2	Ah, shit, how you doing?
0:52.6	We lost the good.
0:54.0	We got a rest of us all. You know, but I'm honored to have this song. It's your song. Thank you. And I got to tell you. First of all, I listened to you before, and I cried so much in my car with all those movies you reeled off. And then I call my wife.
1:11.1	I was screaming in the phone, I love you.
1:12.9	I love you.
1:13.9	You really.
1:14.8	And then, and then you switched off to my age.
1:18.2	I'm going to be honest with you.
1:19.4	The only 40 in my life is my waist size.
1:24.6	Or the outs is a beer you're about to drink when you get off tonight.
1:29.7	I can't comment that's shit.
1:31.7	I want to get involved in that.
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