Readers Split on Picking the Next St. Louis Police Chief
The recent non-scientoifoc Sunday Poll asked readers to pick from the 6 candidates for Police Chief. Answers were presented to readers in random order, but here they are in the order listed by the Post-Dispatch:
Q: Which of the six finalists to become the next Chief of the St. Louis Police would you hire?
- Lawrence O’Toole, St. Louis (Interim Chief) 4 [18.18%]
- John Hayden, St. Louis 3 [13.64%]
- Mary Edwards-Fears, St. Louis 6 [27.27%]
- Stephen Max Geron, Dallas TX 1 [4.55%]
- Keith L. Humphrey, Norman OK 2 [9.09%]
- Patrick Melvin, Port Arthur TX 0 [0%]
- Unsure/No Answer 6 [27.27%]
Again, this is non-scientific and the vote total was low.
Part of me thinks bringing in someone from another state would be healthy for the department, part of me thinks a female chief would also be healthy.
— Steve Patterson