The NYPD chief who was caught on camera chasing down the ISIS-inspired New York City bomb throwers speaks out

“I always say, we’re all cops, right? Regardless of rank, regardless of life, regardless of position, you’re a cop first. Once a cop, always a cop,” he told the New York Post.

“When you see danger, you have that cop in you. You react to it.”

NEW: The NYPD chief who was caught on camera chasing down the ISIS-inspired New York City bomb throwers speaks out.

46-year-old commander of Patrol Borough Manhattan North, Chief Aaron Edwards, is speaking out following the incident.

“I always say, we’re all cops, right?… pic.twitter.com/KWMPkouUy6

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg)March 10, 2026