69th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Promoted To Detective

During a community event early this year, 69th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Dady Belfort (now Detective Belfort) helps a child off a carousel. She was promoted last week for going “above and beyond” in her NYPD duties. In an auspicious event during which Police Commissioner Ray Kelly bestowed promotions on officers under his command, a 69th Precinct officer proudly became a detective.

Dady Belfort, who has been with the local precinct for 12 years and has been its community affairs officer for the past four years, was among a selected few to be promoted after being chosen out of a pool of 3,000 candidates for the post. According to official sources, the promotion is a meritorious choice because of Belfort’s excellence in police work.

“During the time she was here,” said Sergeant Joel Dickerman, who heads the community affairs office, “she strengthened police and community relations stronger than ever.” He said she would come to the station house on her day off to work with youth programs, visit senior citizen centers to reach out to the elderly and could always be found at community events, including local civic meetings, giving input and helping to organize events.

“She would even help set up things to clean up parks on the weekends,” Dickerman said. “She earned this new rank of detective by going above and beyond for the Canarsie community, which she loves,” he added.

Sources said that she will probably be assigned to the local detective squad.

In her role as community affairs officer with the local precinct, Detective Belfort was responsible for keeping ties with the local press, which she did responsibly and conscientiously. We congratulate her and wish her well. She was always known as “one of the good guys” to us. And we’ll continue to think of her that way.

Sonny Maxon