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- 1 2 "30-Year Veteran of St. Louis Department Named Police Commissioner". The New York Times . Associated Press. December 28, 2017.
- ↑ Celeste Bott and Erin Heffernan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (December 29, 2017). "New St. Louis police chief says he'll work to rebuild trust, stem violence". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
After months of deliberation, the formation of a citizen advisory committee and a series of forums to gather public feedback, St. Louis leaders opted to hire a new Commissioner of Police from within their own ranks: John Hayden, a 30-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department.
- ↑ Byers, Christine, "John W. Hayden Jr. Commissioner of Police", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 28, 2017.
- 1 2 "Col. John Hayden, Police Commissioner". St. Louis Police Department.
