George F. McGrath
United States police commissioner
About George F. McGrath
George F. McGrath was a police commissioner.
George F. McGrath (died 1988) was a United States police commissioner.
John Lindsay, the Mayor of New York City, appointed McGrath as the New York City Commissioner of Correction in 1966. McGrath was formerly Commissioner of Correction in Massachusetts from 1959 - 1965. Ed Koch surveyed the inmates and reported their claims that guards at the prison frequently assaulted them.
In 1971 McGrath quit his post at the jail.
McGrath died in 1988.
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Who was George F. McGrath?
United States police commissioner
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George F. McGrath died in 1988.
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