A Top New York Police Official, Set to Become Bratton’s Deputy, Quits

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Robert Wright for The New York Times

Philip Banks III in 2013. He joined the Police Department in 1986.

Philip Banks III, the chief of department, resigned just days before he was to be promoted to become Commissioner William J. Bratton’s second-in-command.

Councilman Jumaane D. Williams of Brooklyn, who often expressed outrage at the number of street stops the police were conducting, issued a statement with a fellow Democrat, Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson of the Bronx, praising how “Chief Banks has deftly held the line for the department while having a responsive ear to all communities.”