<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ward" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Benjamin Ward">Benjamin Ward</a> is appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City Police Department">New York City Police Department</a>'s first ever <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African Americans">African American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Commissioner" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City Police Commissioner">police commissioner</a>.