"His task is to exercise civilian control over the department for the commander in chief and the country".
"I can tell you, there are many people who will not mean him well," said Dean Hansell, a member of the city's police commission who has long sought greater civilian control over the department.
Mr. Lennon said in an interview after his statement was distributed in the State House in Trenton that the transfer would give the head of the state police, Col. Carson J. Dunbar Jr., more control over the department's day-to-day operations.
As the longest serving leader of the Home Office in recent times, May has had huge control over the department's future.
The operators also directly paid the salary of at least forty of Chafin's deputies, ensuring control over the department and favorable treatment.
Protesters also this week packed the police commission meeting room, demanding everything from greater transparency to complete civilian control over the department.
But a majority of the county's elected supervisors has been reluctant to set up a panel, in part because its powers to investigate, obtain documents and examine complaints would be limited under state law, which assigns control over the department to the elected sheriff.
The new office oversaw the executive branch budget and exerted management control over cabinet departments.
The president has replaced a third of his cabinet, tightening White House control over government departments still further.
Mr. Medvedev said the federal government should take more control over police departments across Russia in an effort to tamp down corruption.
While the body hasn't yet held a vote, most Council members have expressed extreme concern over handing over control of the department's funds to an agency outside the city.
