Former Anchorage police chief Ken McCoy has announced he is returning to law enforcement as the new chief of police in Tempe, Arizona.
Anchorage Police Chief Kenneth McCoy, Jr. speaks during his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 at Bartlett High School.
McCoy spent 27 years with the Anchorage Police Department as an officer and supervisor. He began leading the department as acting chief in spring 2021, and became the first Black chief of police in the department’s 100-year history. He was sworn into the role permanently that summer under Mayor Dave Bronson, but just a few months later McCoyHis retirement shocked many, including the police force and Assembly members. Leaders in communities of color said his departure was a.
McCoy officially retired from the department in early 2022 and took a job with Providence Alaska as its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. Providence Alaska runs the state’s largest hospital in Anchorage, along with hospitals in Seward, Kodiak and Valdez and other health care facilities in the region.A spokesman for Providence, in an emailed statement, said McCoy implemented a diversity, equity and inclusion program at Providence “from the ground up.
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