Thanks. You can stay connected connecteh the stormwatch7 team anytime at wjla. Com or through the stormwatch7 or twitter feeds. You can download the stormwatch7 app for your phone or tablet. You will get texted anytime there is a watch or warning that is issued. Alison a big story in the district today. He is has been the face of d. C. Police department for the last ten years. But today, chief cathy lanier announced she is calling it a career in favor of protecting football fans and players. We have Team Coverage of her bage nouncement tonight starting with Stephen Tschida her big announcement tonight starting with Stephen Tschida outside police headquarters. Stephen chief laniers announcement stubbed a lot of people. Keep in mind, her stunned a lot of peak. Keep in mind her contract was up in january. If you look at other chiefs he is had been on the job for a decade. That is a long time for a police chief in a major city. 26 years at m. P. D. Nearly ten at the head of the dep for the nfl. You got a good one here. Stephen lanier steady ascended through the ranks arriving at the top spot in 2007. She quickly won the respect and the admiration of the people. Ranking among the most popular city leaders in polls. I owe my life to the city. To the residents. And the department. Thats why i say every day that i came to work, it didnt feel like work to me. Stephen Violent Crime dropped by a quarter in her tenure, controversy also marked her time as chief. A judge ruled checkpoints in a spike in gun violence in 2009 unconstitutional. The city also witnessed a dramatic spike in homicide last year. But as she bids farewell, she reflected on what she accomplished. When she came to the department she had only a high school diploma. In early 1990, 26 years ago there werent a lot of people that would have given me a break. This city and this department did. Because of that, i am where i am today. Become Senior Vice President of security at the nfl, a job she believes has grown in importance in the recent past. Security is paramount. Anything we hold dear needs good security. The nfl is no exception. Stephen her last day of chief is september season. She will leave for new york. The name will appoint an interim chief and commence the search for a permanent replacement. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. She has been the chief for ten years. She has been with the department for 26. In the tenure as the top cop, cathy lanier became known as the peoples chief. Horace holmes picks up the Team Coverage with reaction to her departure. Horace what made her the peoples chief . If someone was shot, she would go to the scene and hug people, grieve with them. That was a great empathy thing. Always doing i just think she is out of tears. Horace ten ars of fighting crime and reassuring residents of her safety comes to an end of lanier of chief of police of the nations most powerful city. She walks away as a cops cop in the district. Not everyone sad to see her go. Im glad she is gone. Maybe we will get somebody who can do the job better. Horace even we spoke with of northeast to southwest was shocked to hear the news she was retiring. And offered their respect and even admiration. Best wishes to her. I am going to so miss her. When i was working with the office of the laityna affairs she was always available for the community and available to answer questions. Its going to be a big loss for the city. Horace accomplishments for cathy lanier, the crime rate over the ten years as she was head of the department did go down but she will best be remembered for her personal touch. Neve the community to be close to the people she served. Reporting live in southwest, horace holmes, abc7 news. Alison some of the bigger cases under her watch were disappearance of relisha rudd, the mansion murders in northwest d. C. And the deadly shootings at the Washington Navy yard. What advice does she have for the next chief . Chief lanier you cant always tell the public everything because there are some things that confidential when you are furthering an investigation. But there is never a time you cant tell the public anything. There is always something you can say. I would say be yourself, be honest and give as much information as you can. Alison if you would like to read the letter that chief lanier wrote to d. C. Residents about her decision its on the website wjla. Com. Jonathan we are following a developing story this afternoon out of montgomery. Prince georges, fairfax and Arlington County all of them, that is where the sprint customers may not be able to get through if they are calling 911. The company says the customers are getting a busy signal. Reach 911 if you use a land line or cell phone with another provider. Again, this is sprint customers. In the last hour and a half sprint told us the problem stems from the transformer fire overnight in d. C. Well have the latest on the repairs coming up at 5 30. Alison police say had more than 40 victims. Today three people were indicted in Prince Georges County for a Human Trafficking ring that stretched from maryland into virginia. Our Maryland Bureau chief brad bell is live in laurel with the details on this. Brad . Brad well, alison, this is a harsh word. Pitches. Thats what it is pitches. That pimps. This is 16 payments long and it lists 100 times they put the ads on backpage. Com to advertise services of young women. Again and again we saw a number of hotels. This one here the night inn in laurel we saw many times. Like this. Undercover Police Officers using the website backpage. Com to arrange dates with prostitutes. In darkened hotel rooms the women are slapped in handcuffs but the real targets are the pimps. This time Authorities Say they have indicted three of the worst they have seen. Rashid mosby, terra perry and joshua jones. The defendants threatened the women, beat them, refused to let them return home. Brad Maryland Attorney general brian frosh describing how the three alleged pimps calling themselves pink pleasure entertainment placed these ads looking for woman claiming to be a modeling Escort Agency and forcing more than 40 victims over several years in brutal sex for cash industry. Putting them in rooms, in chief hotel, in college park and laurel. This is deliberate, structured cruelty. Brad it was in one of the hotel rooms in a police sting two years ago we met a victimized woman shaking, crying, wrapped in a sheet. How old are you . 18. Youre 18 years old now . You have been doing this as long as i can remember. Brad did you hear what she said . She was 18 at that moment and she said she had been doing that for as long as she can remember. Well be back at 6 00 with more on the story. Including that particular aspect of it. Many of these victims were told children. In laurel, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison all right. Thank you so much. Well, we turn now to breaking safetrack news. Metro is making changes to the safetrack work schedule. This comes after the recent recommendations from the federal transit so the schedule changes include extending the current surge 7 on the red line through the end of august 21st. There are date changes to surges later this fall as well. If you would like to see the full list and see when your metro line will be impacted go to wjla. Com. Jonathan so five days after that massive fire tore through the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring with the explosion, residents are still wondering what is next . What started that fire in the first place . Our amy aubert was on the scene when the officials came out to the shelter to meet with those affected. What did they have to say . Amy well, the biggest concern they said they heard today is the need for permanent housing for those affected. They plan to work with the residents on an individual basis. But still, the unknowing of how and why this happened leaving neighbors on edge. Senator ben cardin and Montgomery County executive ike leggett ar shelter tuesday morning. The officials talking with residents and answering questions. In a meeting described as spirited, open and transparent. I want them to know as the federal partners this is all about provading help. Amy he brought his family to the shelter to see help. People think that it is going to get a bump again. Amy other neighbors agree saying explaining it to their kids is difficult. Something is dismissed. Homemy, we go outside mommy, we go outside. Amy christie coming to the chapter to get the help she needs. I cant sleep. I have anxious thoughts in the back of my head. This was an incredible trauma. There are physical injuries. There are certainly mental issues that have to be dealt. There will be fear. A lot of areas that have to be attended to. Amy they got to hear firsthand the need and work i am reasonably convinced that the challenges we heard today are most immediately that of trying to find transitional housing and permanent housing for people. Well be able to do so. Amy as far as the investigation we are told Additional Information should be available in the next few days. Washington gas releasing a Statement Today saying they completedded the testing of the affected building saying the test confirmed the integrity of the Washington Gas infrastructure tested and the results have been shared with the investigators. They also did natural gas leak surveys in the nearby area and it was determined to be sound. Live in Silver Spring, amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Well, lets get back to our chief meteorologist doug hill. There is a new severe weather. Doug we still have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Loudoun County and touch of northern fauquier until 5 00. The new warning is bit east. It will head across loudoun to Montgomery County. This warning in effect until 5 30 this afternoon. Lets zoom in. This is the core of the storm right now. So its still going to clip the Northeast Corner of the existing morning and move through the body of the new warning. That will take it through leesburg. Take a look at the timeline at 5 14. The center of the strongest part of the storm is leesburg. 5 30 in poolsville. Sugarland run at 5 40. Gaithersburg at 5 53. Just before 6 00 in rockville. Its moving about 30 miles per hour. Well be back to let you know if any more storms turn severe. Back to you. Alison see you then, doug. Thank you. Still to come here at abc7 news at 5 00 just shy of five years since that earthquake shook our region. Now we have an update for you on repairs to the national cathedral. When you have a storm that is unnamed, it wasnt a Tropical Storm, it wasnt a hurricane. A lot of times people underestimate the impact that it deadly. Historic flooding hits the gulf coast. Reporter a man is killed after police say he charged at his sheriff deputy with a dangerous object. Coming up, details on exactly why police say it happened and what witnesses heard. That story coming up. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. Scott im scott taylor with the 7 on your side help center. Im pleased pleased with the re. We have Senior Citizens calling us on the phone bank. They are offering how to avoid scams. The number is 7032369220. Call now. Jonathan this is the weapon that police say the man had in his hands when he lunged at a sheriff deputy outside the Inova Fairfax hospital. Sign post. Or what is left of it. They also have video of the confrontation late last night. Jeff goldberg live from the hospital with new information. Police say they are not going to be releasing the a critical piece of evidence in this ongoing investigation. Police say last night a man was killed in some kind of altercation with a sheriff deputy during what they say the man was suffering a mental episode. Police say a 29yearold hispanic male escorted to the bus stop after the security guards after being discharged. They had awen that was identified as a metal sign post and a sharp end. He struck a guard with the object. Fairfax county deputy at the hospital protecting an inmate heard the radio traffic and responded to the bus stop. The man came at the deputy followed by the deputy firing shots. He rushed the man to the hospital where he died. I heard bang, bang, bang. Just like that. Last night ramos was watching tv with the family when they heard a shot. The opinions are mixed on the response to this incident. Trayed to control him. That deputy is on administrative leave. Sign posts can be found all over campus. The no smoking signs around the bus stop. The man who was killed his identity is not made public. We have asked for answers to big quesons now. Live in falls church, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. 7 on storm watch as some residents in louisiana are returning home for the First Time Since floods ravaged the area. Killing at least eight and leading 30,000 rescues. The damage has been done. Some 40,000 properties have been impacted by the flood. Some say the damage is worse than hurricane katrina. Everything i had is gone. Everything. Everything. Its the end of your life. End of your world to start over like that. We work so hard for it. Tonight the governor of louisiana is requesting to expand the state disaster declarations as the floodwaters are moving downstream. Causing rivers to overflow and jonathan i feel so bad for the folks. Its so widespread. We are talking thousands. Doug even though Hurricane Season has been easy so far. The National Hurricane center updated last week and still expect robust late august, september Hurricane Season. Keep your fingers crossed and say prayers that nothing gets in there tropical wise. You dont need a Tropical Storm hurricane to get tropical rain and flooding. Terrible. Alison we have storms here last night. Doug but nothing like that. That was a 10 and this is a two. We have a severe watch in area. In is until 11 00 tonight. This is looking live in chantilly at the udvarhazy washington dulles. Aircraft and a gad size jet look off and made a sharp left. The areas at b. W. I. And dulles and reagan national. So it has impact on the timing of if arrival and the departures. There is the storm right now. At dulles, coming in. Took off and got away from it to go away. Its calm. Safe practice. Happily the airlines use here. So this is the only game in town. The Severe Thunderstorm Warning moving through leesburg and poolsville. Probably through dickerson as well in western montgomey county. Not a lot of weather action other than that. Nothing at all like yesterday. This is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5 30 for loudoun and montgomery. As we get through the evening hours it looks as though the 30 miles per hour. Almost by 6 00. Over across the river to gaithersburg. I will move through and head northeast to the Baltimore Metro area. The other weather headline, alert from the Weather Center is a heat advisory. I will run until 8 00 tonight. Cooler in frederick. 82 in leesburg with the rain. Tomorrow is the lower 90s. I dont think we have a heat advisory tomorrow. This is 107 in washington. Are you getting tired of this . I am. Some people say i get cranky when im tired of things. This is muggy and its warm. But the intense heat and the humid is coming to an end. Widespread thunderstorms. This computer model keeps this south of town until thursday morning. The sevenday forecast for you. 93 tomorrow. Then we will have the showers and the thunderstorms as a possible. We will see it down on thursday and back for dry and saturday and then typical august stuff on sunday and monday. Stay with us. Abc7 news at 5 00 continues after this. Scott im scott taylor back in the 7 on your side help center. The phone number is 7032369220. 7032369220. If you are senior give us a call. We willm control back and check on experts with if federal trade commission and the d. C. Police. Thank you. Still ahead a view from the top. We have a Progress Report on repairs at the n earthquake. Q this downtown d. C. Theyve trying to restore power to thousands of workers. Ill let you know when they expect to have the power back on and how the cell phone users are being affected after the break. Jonathan coming up later for us a call no parent ever wants to hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Jonathan an Early Morning fire shut down part of l street in d. C. And left 12,000 people without power for most of the day. It is hot. This happened at 18th street around 2 00 in the morning. Q mccray joining us live at the scene. Q, is the power back on yet . Q unfortunately not. I just got off the phone with pepco. They hope to have power restored by 3 00 p. M. Tomorrow at the latest. Here is a live look rat the scene for the friends at home. You will notice the pepco workers doing their best to get the power restored. We also found out that thousands of cell phone users are affected by this transformer explosion. Flames and smoke spewing in the morning air. This is the scene of the corner at l and 18th in we know it affected the sprint customers all over the d. M. C. Those with the phones and trial 911 may receive a busy signal. They should go straight to a land line or use another cell phone covered by a different carrier. This seems like an unstable situation. It took hours. They used heavy foam to put it out. 4 30 crews heard a loud boom underground. Meanwhile the pepco techs struggled to restore electric toy to hundreds of customers in a dozen downtown buildings. Many had no idea. We still have deadlines meet. This is a look at the charred transformer that explodedded underground on l street. When it comes to traffic in the area. Avoid any street around l and 18th. That is the latest from downtown d. C. Q mccray, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Now to the big story of the day. Cathy lanier is retiring from the force and taking a big job with the nfl in charge of security there. The instapoll is asking how would you rate laniers tenure . Sam ford broke the news ten years ago that lanier was sam is on vacation but he is kind enough to talk to us about her departure. We have to talk to you. What was your reaction to the news . Im in kansas. But over the years, i had a Good Relationship with chief lanier. She was elevated when ward four was elected mayor he named her. He named her as 2 chief. A protege of then chief ramsey who said she was qualified to be chief. There was a smooth transition. No chopping of heads. In many ways it wasnt the old boys situation. She had a lot in common with the department that it serves. A single teenage mother. She started at the bottom and worked her way through the department. She once told students she had to work hard she knew she was the only one to watch out for her son. She is probably the only one who filed a Sexual Harassment suit and won. She had no tolerance for that as chief. That is why she was a popular chief. Alison she has inspirational story and a likable person for the police force and the community. What do you think he will be . Sam i think people will like her. As a person who cared. I saw mothers to line up to shake her hand and get her autograph. She got in touch and not let the police shoot her son if she would help them find him. She directed her to the police and the police did capture her son in hours. He was not shot and she sang the chiefs praises. Homicide dropped. In 2012 we had 88 homicides in the city, lowest since the early 1960s. Its up than it used to be. I think she will be missed. Alison thank you. We appreciate that. See you when you get back. The murder rate is down since the lowest levels from the 1990s. If you would like to reach more and the legacy and the new big job at the nfl go to wjla. Com. Jonathan new developments to tell you about in the race for the white house. Former fox news head roger ailes joined the trump campaign. Alleys is helping the republican nominee prepare for the debates. He resigned from fox news resigned from fox newell amid charges of Sexual Harassment. He will only say he and the candidate are long time friends. Hillary clinton spoke at a spokeer registration i vent in philadelphia. A n postgives post gives hillary 14point lead over trump. She is leading in most of the battleground state and competing in republican states like georgia and arizona. We reached out with our 65 sister stations. What would you ask the candidates if you had a chance . Email us. Yourvoice wjla. Com. Alison sad news in to us. Longtime tv host John Mclaughlin died. The creator and host of Mclaughlin Group for 34 years. He missed his first show this last weekend. No word on a cause of death. He was 89 years old. Still to come at 5 00. Us. Progress on the ground and in the investigation as a massive wildlife spreads in california. Jonathan new at 6 00, a beloved man died when a car crashed in a mcdonalds when he had prek breakfast. Thats c doug it was another hot one. We have a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 00. Some of it might be canceled early because the storms were limited. We have a heavy storm that is no longer severe moving to gaithersburg, rockville and aspen hill in the next 30, 35 minutes. A lot of rain. Not much lightning left. We advance to the weekend. We have showers and storms on sunday afternoon. Saturday is dry. Near 90. 89. Its still warm and humid but a lot better. I think w just about done and look ahead to cooler days next wee alison well this time is the casino itself gone bust. The remaining tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and casino imploded. The place closed last y after 60 years of hosting big names. Liberace and many more. The vegas strip first highrise casino and hotel. The property is now slated to be used to expand the Las Vegas Convention center. Jonathan the earthquake caused 34 million damage to the church. So far just 13 of the work is done. Jonathan the cathedral just doesnt have the money to pay for the repairs. We have more on the restoration plans at 6 00. Alison coming up at 5 00, a Power Lifting pro is the rising star not just any power lifter. This is a woman who is almost 60 years old but she can bench press with the best of them. Reporter on one end of the phone line a childs is crying. On the other, the parent answers and is told their kid is abducted. Im cheryl conner. Coming up the phone sc jonathan 7 on your side tonight to avoid scams specifically targeting the elderly. Scott taylor live in the abc7 help center. This is a good resource. Scott it is. We are getting a lot of calls. The phone number, 7032369220. Let me show you some of the experts that we have here. We have got an officer, a detective with the d. C. Police. She works with the d. C. Police handling these type of issues. Investigating them. We have a young lady with the federal trade commission as well. Wes with the aarp. What calls are you getting . We are getting a lot of calls about the i. R. S. Scam. People are calling to say the i. R. S. Is go house or take them to court. 80 of the calls have been from the i. R. S. Scam. Scott that is huge. Thank you so much, wes. You can get the questions answered until 6 30. The number is 7032369220. Im scott thuman for 7 on your side. Alison thank you very much. Another 7 on your side warning. This is for parents. Fairfax county getting out the message of phone scams targeting parents and the children. These are scary. Cheryl conner has a word of caution. Cheryl kathy already thinks she is taking the innocence away from her kids explaining how some people can be evil. Now she has Something Else to worry about as a parent. Is somebody calling me, telling me they have my son, screaming in the background, ransom. I think i would panic. Cheryl at least three people answered that phone call in fairfax county. It will probably sound like my son regares during the day when a child may be in school and they will hear a kid crying in the background. Alex take his son logan to daycare. Certainly i will panic a little bit. You hear a kid screaming. Cheryl but the father who used to work in Law Enforcement says you have to take a deep beth. My first reaction is ask for questions. Cheryl police saverfy they are safe at the school first. Law enforcement has passed on tips to help you understand when a call is not real. Often times they will keep you on the phone for a long period of time and dialing from a number outside the area and they will demand that money will sent through a wire transfer. They may also try to prevent you from contacting the child but its best to check before you hand over more than the lunch money. The first thing is call and confirm to see if your son is okay in cheryl conner, abc7 news. Jonathan check on the roads. Jamie sullivan keeping an eye on the traffic for us. Jamie a slowgo in some areas. The beltway passing by seven locks road. You can see the volume. Inner loop and the outer loop. Inner loop is heavy from daisuke continuing north to beth heavy continuing north to bethesda. 395 is in good shape. 66 heading in. Slowing from 30s is the best were doing. That will take 25 minutes from the beltway to the roosevelt bridge. We have dealt with the issues in the district. We do still have a closure on l street. 18 to 19th street. M street, k, street, connecticut are all good options. A reminder for you we have traffic lights out in d. C. Treat them as a fourway stop. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Jonathan all right. Thank you. Scientists never know what they find in the deepest depth of the ocean. Fall in love discovery. Ready . Check it out. Look closely. This purple squid looks like a mupet muppet more than a mo lessk. How cool is that . Alison lets talk about the weather. There are storms out there. Maybe not the same intensity as yesterday but they are out there. Jonathan now it seems to gain strength and getting warm again. Doug this is the hottest dayf quite a while. Start off with an image of the shelf cloud. A viewer sent this to us from leesburg. To that is the place to send all of your pictures. This is a beautiful image. Captured it just right. A lot of the shelf clouds and the storms popped up. We still have severe storm watch in effect for area in pink. I suspect all or part of the jurisdictions will be removed before 11 00. There is just not that much happening. A storm cluster that stretches from the areas of the northern Montgomery County south to potomac river. That area is getting weaker. Clarksville at 6 25. That is in howard county. By then its a few fragment of showers. Technically an additional shower or thunderstorm could pop up. We just dont see anything else developing. Tomorrow is sunny and warm. But only better chance with scatter showers and storms. Dry but toasty. Hot and tuesday scattered storms. By wednesday it might have even be cooler than 86. We have to wait eight days to see what its like. Lets talk sports. Erin hawksworth is here. Erin thank you. We are talking about the ultimate test of strength. Athletes that can build three times their body weight. We have a female power lifter that is shattering the records. Scott abraham takes to us istep gym in rockville. Scott the sweet sound of Power Lifting. Bam its just bam. Scott 59yearold clarksburg re introduced to the sport in the late 1970s. I always admired athletes who were big, strong, looked cut, ripped. Scott linda jo has become one of the most decorated female power lifters in the world. Every day im in the the gym. I train hard. I set goals. Scott on the doorstep of 60 years old, linda jo still has the fire burning inside. Four days a week she comes here to the istep gym in rockville to train. Even though she is the proud owner of 15 World Championships and twotime National Hall of famer. L. J. Isnt slowing down anytime soon. Last year we had our first 80yearold female compete at masters nationals. I said i want to make it to 85. Because i want to be the oldest one. Pushing through the aches and pains. I think keeps me going every time i get into a few age group i break more records. Scott reaching for the feeling yes scott of accomplishment. Erin i love her and i have no doubt she will make it when she is 85. Incredible story. She is strong i like Power Lifting but she takes it to another level. Good for her. Jonathan thats right. Alison thank you, erin. Nearly 200 homes and buildings now destroyed. Even more are threatened. Jonathan when we come back what we learn about the man who is accused of setting what is becoming a Massive Wildfire in california. Jonathan police have a man behind bars for starting wildlife. The news of an arrest met with mixed emotions. On 17 the announcement of Damin Pashilks arrest was met with cheers from if residents. Anger and relief. There is also pain. It is hard to look at that man and though he is one that caused all of this. Investigators say he is the person who started the massive clayton fire. Causing the governor to declare a state of emergency and thousands in the small Northern California town to evacuate. Leaving them with charred remains of homes, cars and buildings. Our whole life and all of our neighbors. Look at what they have to come home to. Its horrible. I watched it all burn while i was waiting. California officials allege pashilk is a serial or sonnist that started several other arsonist that started several other fires in the area. Its a tragic day when we identify any individual that starts a fire and one that is devastating to the community. The threat of wildfire continues in california. This one popping up in the los angeles Officials Say the dry and the windy conditions will keep firefighters across the state on high alert. We have learned Damin Pashilk does have a criminal record. He has been arrested at least a dozen times before for weapons, drugs, parole violations. He is expected in court on wednesday. Jonathan that will do it for us at 5 00. But coming up next at abc7 news at 6 00 d. C. Longtime chief of police retiring from the department. Tonight a look back at the career of cathy lanier and what is ahead for her. A Human Trafficking bust involving local hotels. Police say the suspects had dozens of victims. The investigate that is happening now. A beloved man died when a car crashed into a mcdonalds where he was having breakfast. The touching way his legacy will live on. Thats coming up next. Now abc7 news at 6 00. On your side. Maureen first a police chief cathy lanier are tire in september. She was cathy lanier will retire in september. She was with them for 26 years and ten as the chief. The next job is with the nfl. Stephen tschida has her legacy. Stephen maureen, chief Cathy Laniers announcement surprised a lot of people. Next month she will leave her position at the metropolitan Police Department and the city which she has always called home for new york city. A stunning announcement from chief cathy lanier. She will leave the metropolitan Police Department for the National Football league. Chief lanier its americas favorite sport. And that also deserves that same sense of safety. Stephen lanier won the respect and admiration of city residents. Common figure at shootings and seeps of Violent Crimes, comforting victims and their families and reassuring the public. The mayor stated she will commence a search for the replacement. Mayor we will recruit within