 during my graduation ceremony at madison square garden ben ward couldn't stay awake and fell asleep at the podium my dad filmed it and asked later on who was that guy that dad that was the police commissioner he was police commissioner from 1984 to 1989. from 89 to 90 there was a guy who steps in for a cup of coffee who didn't rock the boat his name was richard j condon didn't really know much about the guy wasn't there that long but from 1990 to 1992 we had lee out of town brown