The NYPD's chief spokesman is leaving the department to become vice president for public affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
The university announced Thursday that Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne will oversee developing and implementing its communications strategy starting Aug. 19.
Critics of Browne have said he withholds public records, sometimes compromises the truth and plays favorites with the media. In 2011, he denied the existence of a secret surveillance program targeting Muslims that The Associated Press later obtained documents detailing its work.
Defenders describe him as tireless and a trusty spokesman.
Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins says Browne understands the school's distinctive mission and will tell the world about its outstanding faculty and research.
The university announced Thursday that Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne will oversee developing and implementing its communications strategy starting Aug. 19.
Critics of Browne have said he withholds public records, sometimes compromises the truth and plays favorites with the media. In 2011, he denied the existence of a secret surveillance program targeting Muslims that The Associated Press later obtained documents detailing its work.
Defenders describe him as tireless and a trusty spokesman.
Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins says Browne understands the school's distinctive mission and will tell the world about its outstanding faculty and research.
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