Yvette Gentry will be the first woman and the first Black woman in Louisville history to lead the force.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Yvette Gentry, a former Louisville Metro Police deputy chief, will take over as interim chief of the embattled police force Oct. 1 andThe 50-year-old Louisville native will be the first woman and the first Black woman in Louisville history to lead the force, she confirmed in an interview with The Courier Journal. She retired from the department in 2014.
"I will just say: That is just a glimpse of how a lot of people have been feeling for a long time, and we can't go back," Gentry said."I think our city is at a point of reckoning that only truth can bring us out of."Timothy Findley, a senior pastor at the Kingdom Fellowship Christian Life Center who formed a coalition that called for the boycott of this year's Kentucky Derby, told The Courier Journal he supports Gentry's appointment.
Fischer is expected to name a new leader by the end of 2020. A Fischer spokeswoman said earlier this month the city received more than 20 applications for the permanent chief role. The posting closed Aug. 31.Gentry's new role comes at a low point in relations between police and Black residents in Louisville.
Mattingly and two other officers – detectives Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison – returned fire, striking Taylor five times. She died in her hallway. "Does your board of influencers and decision-makers – anyone who has influence – does anybody look like her?" Gentry said. Gentry told The Courier Journal"law enforcement has to grow," but changes to policing won't be the only path forward. It's not a"single struggle issue," she said, when"minorities are struggling across the board."
The police department's September report indicates the makeup of sworn members is 71% white men, 12% white women, 10% Black men and 2% Black women.LMPD, under fire from vocal critics and protesters, is also facing rising violent crime, including homicides and carjackings, and frustrations from officers stretched thin and unhappy with city leadership.
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