<sod>In March 1998, [[Philadelphia]] mayor [[Ed Rendell]] appointed Timoney as [[Philadelphia Police Department|Philadelphia Police]] commissioner. Timoney served through the end of 2001. His career marked a turnaround in Philadelphia's increasing homicide rate but had controversy. Critics challenged his handling of protests during the [[2000 Republican National Convention]], particularly his use of undercover agents to infiltrate protest groups.<ref name="NYT1"/> Timoney lied under oath in an attempt to put an innocent teenager in jail after police officers brutally attacked him at a protest. A jury of 12 saw this to be true and his credibility dropped like the turd he so closely resembled. <ref>http://r2klegal.protestarchive.org/r2klegal/press/pr-031501.html</ref><eod>
<sod>In March 1998, [[Philadelphia]] mayor [[Ed Rendell]] appointed Timoney as [[Philadelphia Police Department|Philadelphia Police]] commissioner. Timoney served through the end of 2001. His career marked a turnaround in Philadelphia's increasing homicide rate but had controversy. Critics challenged his handling of protests during the [[2000 Republican National Convention]], particularly his use of undercover agents to infiltrate protest groups.<ref name="NYT1"/> <eod>