Ward entered the NYPD on June 1, 1951 as a patrolman,
becoming the first Black officer assigned to Brooklyn's 80th Precinct,
where he faced resentment from both white residents and white fellow
cops. He wasn't assigned a locker at the precinct, forcing him to dress
at home and ride the New York City Subway to work in his uniform for three years.
During the next 15 years in uniform, he rose through the ranks to lieutenant,
serving in the Patrol Division, Juvenile Aide Division, Detective
Division, and Legal Bureau. His rise was aided, in part, by his
after-work studies at Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School (class of '65) that earned him undergraduate and law degrees—invariably with top honors.
He eventually served as special legal counsel to Howard R. Leary. Ward left the uniformed ranks to become executive director of NYPD's Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1966.
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