Ronald Henderson was St. Louis' 31st

Chief of Police Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

. He was an officer for 29 years and Chief for 6½ years in the

Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis The Metropolitan Police Department of the City of St. Louis (also known as the SLMPD or Metro) is the primary law enforcement agency for the U.S. city of St. Louis. According to the Mapping Police Violence dataset, SLMPD has the highest polic ...

, becoming the second African-American Police Chief of St. Louis."Henderson Is Police Chief"
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), December 5, 1995 He was previously St Louis' Police Commissioner from 1995 to 2001.

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