John Timoney
John Timoney was an American chief of police, born in Dublin on July 2, 1948, who built his career in law enforcement in the United States.
Timoney attended Cardinal Hayes High School before going on to pursue higher education at several institutions, including Hunter College, Fordham University, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. That academic path, spread across multiple schools, reflected a sustained engagement with the formal study of his chosen field over a number of years.
He worked as a police officer and rose to the rank of chief of police, a position that placed him at the top of law enforcement leadership. His career took him across different cities, and he held U.S. citizenship throughout his working life, having made the country his home after leaving Ireland.
Timoney died in Miami in August 2016, with records placing his death on either August 16 or August 17 of that year. His life and work were defined by his occupation in policing and his role as a chief of police, the positions that formed the core of his public identity.
Quotes by John Timoney
The guy obviously doesn't want to get arrested, ... When somebody doesn't want to get arrested, there's really no very easy way of doing it.
(The investigation) is going to take a while, ... There are lots of witnesses and lots of conflicting statements throughout this event. This investigation ... will be under the supervision of the (district attorney's) office.
The one fortunate thing in this very tragic situation is that when it was happening, there were two officers from our SWAT unit just a block away, so they got here quite fast and were able to evacuate people from the scene,
Quite a few house boats turned over, ... I wouldn't be surprised if we find a few more bodies.
The structure is very shaky right now, it's very unstable, ... We're waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to do an assessment and advise us whether we can go underneath it, or we have to shore it up, or tear it down, before the rescue continues.
We have done a tremendous amount of training, visual training, team training. We have a real good deployment,
There are prescribed ways of doing this. I know this is very frustrating and isn't satisfactory, but that's the way it is,
Rodney King, if you remember, is a man in a supine, fetal position -- not resisting -- who (was hit) 56 times with billy clubs. There are no billy clubs in this video. This is the culmination of a chase where a guy is clearly resisting,