St. Louis officials have chosen the Wilmington, Delaware, police chief to lead its police department. Before being named Wilmington police chief, he worked in the New York City and Chicago police departments.
The police chief of Wilmington, Delaware, who has been nationally recognized for his efforts to reduce gun violence, will become the new chief of the St. Louis police department.
Tracy, 58, has worked in law enforcement for nearly 40 years. Before being named chief in Wilmington in 2017, he worked in the Chicago and New York police departments. The city said in a news release that Wilmington shootings fell by 56% and homicides dropped by 41% in Tracy's first year as police chief.
Delaware’s NAACP branch called for Tracy’s resignation after an officer was recorded slamming a suspect’s head into a plexiglass wall during an arrest.
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