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Rodney Monroe Named as new CMPD Chief of Police
Charlotte City Manager Curt Walton announced today that Rodney Monroe will be the new Chief of Police for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
According to the CMPD Press Release, Monroe embodies the qualities and characteristics identified in the profile developed for the next Chief of Police.
These included: 1) Offering the citizens of Charlotte-Mecklenburg aggressive and effective leadership and programming needed to address potential increases in crime rates. 2) A strong commitment to customer service 3) Dedication to policing that involves the community. 4) Understanding of the importance in managing crime, public order and traffic safety issues.
When City of Charlotte officials conducted a site visit in Richmond, VA, they were consistently informed by citizens, business and civic leaders that they have the highest degree of respect and admiration for Chief Rodney Monroe. His talents, skills and attributes include being a team player, inclusively, high-integrity, building rapport with citizens, intelligence, collaboration, promoting change, accessibility and toughness when necessary.
Monroe began his policing career in 1979 as a police officer with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, rising to Assistant Chief of Police, the department’s second highest sworn rank. In May 2001, he became Chief of Police for the Macon, Georgia Police Department and in 2005 was recruited to the City of Richmond to lead the Richmond Police Department.
As Police Chief of the Richmond Police Department, he created a dedicated homicide unit and started the Cooperative Violence Reduction Partnership (CVRP) with prosecutable and correctional agencies. During his tenure as Chief the number of homicides in Richmond decreased by 33%. (Side Note: He responds to each and every homicide scene) and Richmond was no longer on the list of top five cities with the highest murder rate during his tenure, representing a 26-year all time low.
“The chance to be the next Chief of Police of Charlotte-Mecklenburg is one of a lifetime, says Rodney Monroe. “I have admired all that Charlotte has accomplished and respected CMPD from afar, and now I have the opportunity to take a great organization to the next level creating an even safer community for citizens.”
Chief Monroe will begin his position here in Charlotte no later than June 16, 2008.
20 Comments:
I'm a little surprised, they actually seem to have made the best choice.
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haha, to 1017PM poster, I thought the same thing! I truly, truly worried: "how badly are they going to screw this one up."
I was pleasantly delighted that they did not hire from within; that would solely have perpetuated the same old "hug a thug" tomfoolery that has been going on for years.
I like Monroe's style. I think he is truly going to make a splash here!
Richmond has a reputation as a pretty rough city. The dip in homicides during Chief Monroe's tenure is impressive. Lets hope he can do the same thing in Charlotte.
The new Chief will be behind the eight ball the minute he enters his office on the first day. The citizens of Charlotte are demanding swift action, and rightfully so, because of the spike in crime that affects the good working people of the city. They are in fear of their personal safety as well as their possessions. Even with a get tough approach he will have many obstacles. Number one is the usual, money. Money for more police officers to coincide with the population growth of the city. The states elected officials who refuse to adequately fund the DA's office to prosecute and NOT plea bargain violent crimes in front of LIBERAL judges. And finally jail space. It is always a convenient reply by administrators who say the jails are at capacity so we need to monitor criminals with bracelets, IT DOESN'T WORK! GOOD LUCK to the new Chief.
Yeah this is a great choice! I hope he can do for Charlotte what he did for Richmond.
This IS a nice surprise, the selection of someone from outside the Uptown family. An outside perspective can really help.
Perhaps Chief Monroe will bring a fresh perspective and approach to our growing Gang problem.
Remember that it wasn't that long ago that Chief Stephens was busy denying that gangs existed in Charlotte, dismissing them as an invention of the Media.
My wife and I are 90% gone from Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and North Carolina; we're sick of the taxes and the crime here...which is odd as we're from DETROIT.
Maybe this guy has his act together enough to turn the police department back into a police department instead of an arm of social services. But, I have my doubts.
Does anyone know where Chief Monroe stands on illiegal immigration / sanctuary city policies?
My sources in Richmond tell me he is as tough as nails and will demand action by his officers. He will do a good job. As far as no prison space available in this county have any of those dummies ever thought about "buying" space from surrounding copunties, states, etc. The idea will work but like most in this area, it'll be put down because the ignorants in the Uptown crowd didn't think of it. Finally, when Chief Monroe gets his first big thug for murder, the thug MUST BE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AND HARSHLY and IT MUST BE ADVERTISEDALL OVER--TV, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, you name it. By doing this the young punks who are considering a life of crime will get to see exactly what they have to look forward to. This ain't rocket science.
5/16/08 1:41 PM, you must be an officer... your points are TRUE and evident. Not many people know the whole truth about what is going on here with the Jail Space, Funding, Court time for 7 murder cases per year ONLY and the rest get pleas... I wish officers would tell EVERYONE that actual facts about what THEY are facing and what WE are facing. CMPD you guys have my full support in any and every form.
The truth is that it is not the states fault about the funding of the DA office. Released information from the state a couple of days ago shows that are county commissioners did not ask the state for help as far as more ADA’s go. It show that they asked for other funding but not additional ADA’s. So I guess the state became tired of taking the blame for are commissioners intelligence. Remember in their opinion Charlotte does not have a crime problem.
The fact that homicides went down in Richmond is of no consequence. Homicides are worked hard and have high clearance rates all over the US. The criminal often serves 20+ years. That is not the problem we are facing.
We need to know how the ongoing crime issues were dealt with, including gangs, robberies, burglaries and auto theft.
How surprising to see non-racist comments on this blog! Best of luck to the new chief.
To 12:11 blogger...
Its about crime, always has been. Its not about race. Why is that so surprising?
I lived in Richmond for 5 years and Chief Monroe made a huge splash in Richmond. I actually felt safe in that city. It was a shady city when I first got there! I only moved because of work. Good luck to the new Chief. I'm sure he'll do a great job and as long as the hug-a-thug judges don't undermine him everything will work itself out. However, don't expect a miracle overnight. It's going to take some time to get everyone on board with his policies and procedures.
First day, he seems to be right on the mark. Looks good.
Good luck to the new chief, but until the judges start locking the criminals up, all the arrests in the world aren't going to matter.
I agree, police did a good job before also, the problem they don't lock up criminals.
What is the deal with his college degree? Was it somehow not what he said it was?
He must be tough on crime of the Charlotte Observer and other liberal group came out swinging and attacking him right away. The "controversy" over his degree is warrant-less. It was an "anonymous" email that started the investigation.
Cowards are out there Chief - keep you head high...
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