Ferguson, Mo., officials have tapped a veteran Arizona police executive to run their embattled Police Department, nearly a year after the shooting death of unarmed black man Michael Brown sparked riots, a federal investigation and led to the resignation of several key city officials.
Andre Anderson, a black U.S. Army veteran who previously oversaw criminal investigations for police in Glendale, Ariz., will become Ferguson's interim police chief on Thursday, the city said in a statement.
“The city of Ferguson and our Police Department have endured a tremendous amount of distrust during the past nine months,” Mayor James Knowles III said in the statement.