Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 6:53:43 GMT -6
FERGUSON, Mo., May 9 (UPI) -- The new chief of police in Ferguson, Mo., didn't waste any time at his swearing-in ceremony Monday before voicing his sentiment about the challenge that now lies in front of him: "Let's get to work."
Delrish Moss formally became the troubled Missouri town's first African American police chief Monday morning and swore to bring "nobility" to his department -- perhaps a tall order after nearly two years of turmoil that has followed the controversial shooting of Michael Brown.
Moss, who retired from the Miami Police Department last week to take the new job, replaces Tom Jackson, who resigned last year after federal investigations into the shooting concluded there was a racial bias in the town's criminal justice system.
For months after Brown's death, there was some question whether the Ferguson Police Department could be rehabilitated and who should lead that effort. In fact, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last year that the entire police force could be scrapped if it was deemed a lost cause.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/05/09/New-Ferguson-police-chief-Delrish-Moss-Lets-get-to-work/9601462832438/?spt=sec&or=tn
Delrish Moss formally became the troubled Missouri town's first African American police chief Monday morning and swore to bring "nobility" to his department -- perhaps a tall order after nearly two years of turmoil that has followed the controversial shooting of Michael Brown.
Moss, who retired from the Miami Police Department last week to take the new job, replaces Tom Jackson, who resigned last year after federal investigations into the shooting concluded there was a racial bias in the town's criminal justice system.
For months after Brown's death, there was some question whether the Ferguson Police Department could be rehabilitated and who should lead that effort. In fact, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last year that the entire police force could be scrapped if it was deemed a lost cause.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/05/09/New-Ferguson-police-chief-Delrish-Moss-Lets-get-to-work/9601462832438/?spt=sec&or=tn