Career
Rodney Demery is a veteran of the United States Navy. He served in both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. [4] [5]
Upon leaving the Navy, he served as an officer with, and then the chief of, the Beaver Falls Police Department in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. [1] In 1999, he resigned from the Beaver Falls Police Department to join the Shreveport Police Department. [6] In 2001, he was assigned to the Department's violent crimes unit as a homicide detective. During his career with the Shreveport Police, he worked on over 250 homicide cases. [7] In a 2016 interview with KTBS 3, Demery said his achievement in solving homicide cases resulted from personal encounters with violent homicides, [8] referring to his mother's murder and his brother Patrick's conviction for homicide. [9] He understood both the bereaved families and the suspects. [10] [11]
Demery is S.W.A.T. certified and a hostage negotiator as well as having experience in undercover work. [12] As a homicide detective, Rodney Demery looked into his mother's homicide case. [13] He tracked down his stepfather and found him in bad health. [14] [15]
Demery worked as a homicide investigator for the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office until July 2018, [16] when he resigned to focus on television and film projects. [17] However, on May 27, 2022, Demery was hired by Grambling State University as its new chief of university police. [1]
Politics
In 2018, the Shreveport Times reported he considered running for Shreveport Mayor. [18] In July 2018, Demery denied interest in local politics. [19] He confirmed a desire to become the chief of Shreveport Police, [19] with multiple 2018 mayoral candidates approaching him for the position if elected. [20] In 2018, Rodney Demery endorsed Lee O. Savage for Mayor, [21] who lost the election to Adrian Perkins. [22]
Film
Rodney is the narrator of Investigation Discovery's 2017 crime drama Murder Chose Me, [23] in which he narrates the show in the first person. [24]
The crime TV show is based on detective Demery's work at the Shreveport Police homicide unit. [25] It highlights the homicide cases he worked on during the 14 years he was active. [26] The show was renewed for a second season on May 19, 2017. [27] Murder Chose Me was renewed for the third season on November 8, 2018 [28] and is set to premiere in June 2019. [29]
Books
Rodney Demery has written two books on Amazon Kindle. His 2011 title, Things My Daughters Need to Know: A Cop and Father's View of Sex, Relationships and Happiness was an Amazon Bestseller when it was released. [30] Demery released his second book, No Place for Race: Why We Need to Address Economic and Social Factors That Are Crushing Us Every Day, in October 2013. [31] The book appeared on the 10 Best Black Books of 2013 list published annually by literary critic Kam Williams. [32] It has also been featured and reviewed on multiple news outlets throughout the United States. [33]
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