Bay Ridge 68th Precinct commander is promoted

It was a red letter day for one of the neighborhood’s men in blue.

Richard DiBlasio, the commander of the 68^th Precinct, was promoted to deputy inspector in a ceremony at One Police Plaza held the morning of Thursday, August 29.

DiBlasio came to the precinct – which encompasses Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton — as a captain in June, 2011, replacing Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, who had been transferred to the 70^th Precinct in Flatbush and Midwood.

The members of the 68^th Precinct Community Council congratulated DiBlasio, noting, “This is a well-deserved promotion, as he works so hard to keep our community safe and is a great leader to all of the men and women of the 68th Precinct.”

DiBlasio has presided over a decrease in crime. This year, so far, crime is down in the 68^th Precinct, 2.34 percent, according to the NYPD’s crime-tracking system, CompStat. Citywide, year to date, crime is down 1.78 percent. In 2012, crime went down 2.2 percent in the 68^th Precinct; citywide, it increased 3.32 percent citywide, according to CompStat.

Before coming to the 68^th Precinct, DiBlasio had been assigned to Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, where he was a captain in the Investigations Unit. DiBlasio had also been executive officer at the 61^st Precinct in Sheepshead Bay, a traffic lieutenant in the NYPD’s traffic control division, a lieutenant at the 84^th Precinct in Brooklyn Heights and a sergeant at the 63^rd Precinct in Mill Basin and Marine Park.