The Upper West Side NYPD commander who is retiring from his precinct amid a surge in serious crime will head up security at Columbia University’s Morningside campus, the Post has learned.
Timothy Malin, 42, is retiring as deputy inspector of the 20th Precinct on Thursday. He is expected to begin his new job as Columbia’s director of public safety on Feb. 24.
Malin will lead a security staff of more than 300 and report to the university’s vice-president of public safety, James McShane.
“He has done a great job for the NYPD and we know he’ll be a great part of our public safety team,” McShane said.
Malin earned $189,685 in 2019, according to payroll records. The university refused to provide his new salary.
A 20-year NYPD veteran, Malin led the 20th precinct at a time when a string of high-profile muggings and youth crime scourge rocked the neighborhood.
The kid robberies culminated on Dec. 11 with the murder of Tessa Majors, who attended Barnard University, Columbia’s sister school. The killing took place in Morningside Park, which abuts the Columbia and Barnard campuses and is in the 26th precinct.
Majors, 18, was stabbed by a group of teens who tried to rob her, police said. Zyairr Davis, 13, has been charged with second-degree murder in the case.
The university said it began searching for a new public safety director before Majors was killed, pointing to a job posting that went up on Oct. 29.