Bayside Police Precinct Gets A New Commanding Officer

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Bayside's local police station will have a new captain starting next week.

Deputy Inspector John Hall, who spent nearly two years as the 111th Precinct's commanding officer, will move to the NYPD's unit that oversees CompStat — the department's system for tracking crime data — and conducts citywide crime analysis, he announced on Twitter.

Succeeding him will be Captain John Portalatin, who has previously served with the 109th Precinct in Flushing, the 110th Precinct in Corona and the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood.

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"The [111th Precinct] is in good hands with the hardworking & dedicated Captain John Portalatin," Hall wrote in a tweet.

The 111th Precinct covers Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills and Fresh Meadows.

It was an honor & privilege serving the people of the @NYPD111Pct and leading the great officers there. I will be moving on to a new assignment next week.

The @NYPD111Pct is in good hands with the hardworking & dedicated Captain John Portalatin.

See you around the neighborhood! pic.twitter.com/QUrD6cm2KM
— NYPD 111th Precinct (@NYPD111Pct) January 5, 2020