AND FOCUS GROUPS.
MARK: ACCORDING TO LOUISVILLE
MAYOR GREG FISCHER AS WELL AS
FOCUS GROUPS, THE NEXT CHIEF OF
THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE
TO BE A CHANGE AGENT.
>> DEFINITELY HAVING HIGH
INTEGRITY AND BEING TRANSPARENT
IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I FEEL
IS NONNEGOTIABLE.
RICK: SYDNEY TUCKER WAS IN ONE
OF THE FOCUS GROUPS.
>> WE HAVE RACISM GOING ON AS
WELL IN THE DEPARTMENT.
MARK: SO WAS LMPD OFFICER
ROBERTO GRIDER.
>> THIS CHIEF NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE
IT AND JUST BE FAIR.
BE FAIR ABOUT GETTING POSITIONS,
TRAINING AND ALSO BEING OUT IN
THE COMMUNITY IN SPEAKING WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
MARK: LOUISVILLE MAYOR GREG
FISCHER SAYS THEIR INPUT HELPED
CRAFT THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR
LMPD’S NEXT CHIEF.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
LOUISVILLE FOR A NEW POLICE
CHIEF, IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY THAT
WANTS TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF
POLICE REFORM AND POLICE
IMPROVEMENT AND POLICE COMMUNITY
AND LEGITIMACY.
MARK: LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE EPICENTERS OF POLICE PROTEST
BECAUSE OF THE FATAL SHOOTING OF
BREONNA TAYLOR BY LMPD OFFICERS.
THE METRO COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE
ALREADY COMMITTED TO CHANGES
SUCH AS BANS ON NO NOT WARRANTS.
>> IT CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE PASSION TO
REDEFINE THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT
POLICING LOOKS LIKE IN THE 21ST
CENTURY.
MARK: THE SEARCH IS EXPECTED TO
TAKE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
>> I THINK THINGS ARE GOING WELL
FOR WHAT THEY HAVE.
ONE DEEP CONCERN IS PROBABLY THE
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION WHEN
IT COMES TO LISTENING SESSIONS.
