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Andre Anderson will take over the scandal-ridden Ferguson Police Department as interim chief, officials announced on Wednesday morning. Anderson is an Army veteran and previously worked as the Glendale, Arizona, police commander. Anderson comes to Ferguson with 24 years of experience in the Arizona police force.
Anderson is a member of the executive board of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. Anderson is originally from Philadelphia and was a boxer in his younger days. Prior to becoming a police officer, he was an Arizona prison guard. He studied education leadership and administration at Northern Arizona University, where he obtained a masters. Anderson graduated from the FBI National Academy as well, and studied police leadership at two command schools.
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Anderson takes over for Tom Jackson, who resigned four months ago amid nationwide scandal and a Department of Justice investigation. Jackson was chief during the death of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager, at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson. Wilson was never indicted or charged for wrongdoing. For the last four months, Al Eickhoff, deputy chief of the station, has been interim chief.
The Department of Justice found the police department consistently racially profiled local African-Americans and revealed inappropriate emails sent by officers on the force.
The details of Anderson's contract, mainly his salary and the duration for which he'll stay in Ferguson, remain unknown.
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