LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's newest police chief is a familiar face in the Metro.
Police Chief Paul Humphrey has been with the department for 18 years.
He swore in as the new leader of Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) in front of a new class of officers joining the department on Friday.
Humphrey took over as the interim chief in June after the former chief, Jacqueline Gwinn-Villaroel, was suspended and later resigned.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg appointed him as the permanent chief on Sept. 16.
The mayor said he is throwing his full support behind Humphrey, and so should Louisvillians.
"To our community, if Chief Humphrey or any member of his team calls and asks you for help, please answer the call," Greenberg said. "And there's more you can do. Help us recruit 200 more officers that represent the diversity in our city."
Humphrey said he plans on checking in, not just with his department, but other government agencies to create more accountability.
"The public needs to see what were doing why we're doing that and then they need to understand whether or not we're being successful," he said. "We need to understand that and relay it to the public. We can't do this alone, it does have to be collaborative and done in a way that people understand it and trust us."
Humphrey is the sixth person to lead LMPD in the past four years.
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