{"id":2641358,"date":"2026-08-06T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-paradise-new-york-police-leader-and-ex-con-husband-helped-gang-banger-son-plan-execute-failed-hit-job-according-to-authorities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:41:10","slug":"blue-state-paradise-new-york-police-leader-and-ex-con-husband-helped-gang-banger-son-plan-execute-failed-hit-job-according-to-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-paradise-new-york-police-leader-and-ex-con-husband-helped-gang-banger-son-plan-execute-failed-hit-job-according-to-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-State Paradise: New York Police Leader and Ex-Con Husband Helped Gang-Banger Son Plan, Execute Failed Hit Job, According to Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-state-paradise-new-york-police-leader-and-ex-con-husband-helped-gang-banger-son-plan-execute-failed-hit-job-according-to-authorities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2641358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article discusses a shocking incident involving Mount Vernon, New York, where Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard was arrested for allegedly aiding her son in a gang-related attempted murder. Lackard, who earned over $138,000 annually and was appointed to the Wellness Division-despite reportedly lacking law enforcement experience-was accused of conspiring with her husband and son in a shooting outside Bronx Criminal Court. The family attempted to target a rival drug gang, with Jennifer acting as the getaway driver during the incident. Both she and her son Chase Lackard, who has a history of gang involvement and multiple near-fatal shootings, face serious charges. Critics highlight this case as emblematic of broader issues within Democratic-led cities, criticizing political appointments and governance failures, and calling for voters to take action in upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Crime families aren\u2019t new in New York, but when the mother is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reflections-on-crown-heights-30-years-later\/\" title=\"Reflections on Crown Heights, 30 Years Later\">deputy police commissioner<\/a>, it\u2019s definitely a new twist.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Vernon, New York, a city in Westchester County just north of New York City\u2019s borough of The Bronx, was rocked this week by a criminal complaint that accused a high-ranking official in its police department of helping her gang-banging son try to assassinate a rival, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/us-news\/ny-police-bigwig-was-getaway-driver-for-goon-son-in-gangland-shooting-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s on the other side of the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WILD<\/p>\n<p>Mount Vernon, NY Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard ARRESTED for allegedly being the GETAWAY DRIVER for her gang member son after a shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/11HvFejVpM\">pic.twitter.com\/11HvFejVpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2085029698321465764?\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the newspaper, until her arrest on Tuesday, 49-year-old Jennifer Lackard was hauling in more than $138,000 per year as a deputy police commissioner in Mount Vernon \u2014 in charge of something called the Wellness Division.<\/p>\n<p>Lackard is accused of conspiring with her son, Chase, and husband, James, in attempting a murder on June 29 outside Bronx Criminal Court in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Lackard drove the family Chrysler Pacifica to the courthouse, according to the New York Post, then left the vehicle with her son, apparently to case the place.<\/p>\n<p>When they returned to the vehicle, the father was in the driver\u2019s seat. James got in the back seat and Lackard was in the passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p>James then fired out the rear window at a rival drug gang, but failed to hit his target.<\/p>\n<p>The family then sped off, with Jennifer and James switching seats so Jennifer could act as the getaway driver, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer and Chase Lackard were arrested Tuesday morning at their home in Mount Vernon.<\/p>\n<p>James Lackard, an ex-con with a prison past for dealing heroin, was at large and thought to be out of the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>All face charges of \u201cattempted murder, conspiracy and reckless endangerment,\u201d according to the New York Post report.<\/p>\n<p>How, exactly, Lackard got her job with the Mount Vernon Police Department wasn\u2019t clear. She had no experience as a police officer, the New York Post reported, but that didn\u2019t stop her from winning the Wellness Division appointment in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A report at the time on the cable station <a href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/mount-vernon-police-launch-wellness-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News12 Westchester<\/a> called the \u201cWellness Division\u201d an effort to \u201cdivert the most vulnerable from the prison system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard <a href=\"https:\/\/democraticmayors.org\/address\/mayor-shawyn-patterson-howard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged about the division<\/a> in a speech promoted by the national Democratic Mayors Association.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s apparently not working so well when it comes to the family Lackard.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, young Chase Lackard\u2019s involvement with criminal justice goes back to 2024 when he was charged with pointing a Glock at police officers. (He got shot twice in the leg for his trouble and was charged with criminal use of a firearm and menacing a police officer.)<\/p>\n<p>He also managed to survive a 2023 shooting in the chest, which took place aboard a city bus and was allegedly prompted by his flashing gang signs at other boys on the bus, demanding to know their gang affiliation, and even attempting to drag one of them off the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the apparent almost humorous indestructibility of young Mr. Lackard, and the brutal irony of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/30-years-later-remembering-crown-heights\/\" title=\"30 Years Later: Remembering Crown Heights\">high-ranking police official<\/a> in charge of \u201cwellness\u201d being charged with helping her son attempt to commit murder outside a courthouse, the Lackard arrest has serious implications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/damonkjones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damon K. Jones<\/a>, publisher of Black Westchester Magazine and a professional with a 33-year law enforcement career with the Westchester Department of Corrections, told the New York Post the incident highlights Democratic dysfunction \u2014 and is an embarrassment to black Americans everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am embarrassed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-menthol-cigarette-ban-slammed-as-retributive-by-black-officers-and-drug-experts\/\" title=\"Black officers and drug experts criticize Biden&#039;s menthol cigarette ban as &#039;retributive&#039;.\">black law enforcement officer<\/a> to see the dysfunction in a city that has a black mayor, a majority of black city council, a majority black police department that we have to see continuing dysfunction and just foolery in an organization that should be so professional,\u201d Jones said, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>He said Lackard never should have been appointed in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we see this with Democrats that they put people in positions \u2014 especially in law enforcement positions \u2014 that they shouldn\u2019t be there,\u201d Jones added.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Vernon\u2019s allegedly murderous family might be an outrageous example of Democratic incompetence that veers into the criminal, but it\u2019s far from the only one.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just across Mount Vernon\u2019s border in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mamdani-booed-off-stage-police-event-moments-later-critic-tried-confront-mayor-collapsed-cardiac-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reign of error<\/a> continues to worsen daily.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in Albany, the capital of the blue state paradise of New York, with a leftist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kathy-hochul-letitia-james-seethe-federal-judge-blocks-attempt-crack-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-democrats-gerrymander-little-late-expensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">super-leftist legislature<\/a> in charge.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in cities and counties and states across the country, where the increasingly unhinged Democratic Party continues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/muslim-leftist-el-sayed-declares-winner-key-michigan-senate-primary-despite-votes-still-outstanding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its leftward drift<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And come the November midterms, it\u2019s up to American voters to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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