Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said it is important for Edward Caban, who was named the 46th commissioner of the department Monday morning, to be visible to the public.

"You need to be out there constantly in good times and bad, but particularly creating an image that you've got this," Bratton told Errol Louis on "Inside City Hall" Monday night.

"And you need to be constantly out dealing with the media, doing your shows and being very engaged in social media," Bratton added.

Bratton said Caban's predecessor, Keechant Sewell, was “an extraordinarily talented commissioner,” but he also said she was “press averse,” saying she participated in few interviews.

Sewell resigned at the end of June after nearly a year and a half as commissioner amid reports of friction with City Hall. Two days before her resignation was announced, the New York Post reported that Sewell was "powerless to make most moves at the NYPD without approval from the Adams administration." Mayor Eric Adams later denied that there was any friction.

"I hope that the mayor gives [Caban] discretion to be commissioner, to control appointments, to control his promotions, to control his assignments," Bratton said.

Caban is a longtime NYPD veteran, beginning his career with the department in 1991. Within three years, he was promoted to sergeant, and in 1999, he became a lieutenant, the mayor said in a press release Monday. The Bronx native has served at precincts in his home borough, as well as in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Bratton thinks Caban's experience at the NYPD will give him a "big head start."

"[Caban's] part of the inner circle," Bratton said. "[Sewell] came in from not only outside the department, but outside the city, and was really a stranger to the people that were involved in running the city with the mayor."

As commissioner, Bratton says that Caban will have to deal with the perception that dangerous crime is on the rise in the city.

"The issues of disorder are something that New Yorkers still see every day and are creating the combination of fear and perception, and he's going to have to be really focused on trying to deal with that perception," Bratton said.

According to Bratton, that perception, combined with ongoing issues with the City Council, low morale in the department, budget shortages and the ramifications of the death of George Floyd, are some of the main issues that Caban will have to deal with in his new role.

"The challenges facing him at the moment are probably some of the most significant of any police commissioner in the last 50 years," Bratton said.