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Newark council moves to appoint Emmanuel Miranda Sr. as director of Department of Public Safety
Summary
At a Dec. 17 pre‑meeting, the Newark Municipal Council heard opening remarks from Emmanuel Miranda Sr. and numerous council members voiced support for his appointment as director of the Department of Public Safety; sponsors seconded the nomination on the record.
Emmanuel Miranda Sr. addressed the Newark Municipal Council on Dec. 17 as the council considered his appointment as director of the Department of Public Safety, receiving broad public praise from council members.
Miranda, introduced by the clerk as the nomination for director of the Department of Public Safety, told the council, “I would like to thank the mayor for entrusting me with this position. It's a position that I, take highly, in in serving the Department of Public Safety and also the community.”
Council members framed the appointment as a morale boost for the department. Councilman Quintana said the promotion of a leader from the rank and file “creates the morale in the police department” and called Miranda “a great asset to the Newark police department and the Department of Public Safety.” Councilwoman Scott Rountree added that Miranda has “proven yourself to be one who is not just a servant to the administration, not just a servant to the police department, but a servant to the entire city of Newark.”
Several council members said they would sponsor or second the appointment on the record; the meeting transcript records multiple verbal seconds and expressions of support but does not capture a roll-call vote in the excerpt provided.
Council discussion and public remarks in this agenda item focused on Miranda’s longstanding service (from academy, officer and detective to captain) and the message an internal promotion sends to rank-and-file personnel. No formal ordinance or statutory citation was invoked during the remarks on this nomination.
The council moved the appointment forward with sponsors and seconds recorded orally; the transcript does not show a formal roll-call tally in the provided excerpt.
Looking ahead, council members asked no follow-up questions about operational implementation during this segment; subsequent items on the agenda addressed Department of Public Safety equipment and facilities.
Copies of the public remarks and the nomination were entered into the record during the pre‑meeting.
Miranda’s opening remarks and the council’s responses closed the appointment portion of the agenda and the meeting proceeded to other appointments and legislative business.
