New top Chicago cop? Black chief from Atlanta area called front-runner - Cedric Alexander

The African-American public safety director of DeKalb County, Georgia, outside Atlanta, has emerged as a front-runner to replace fired Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, sources said Thursday.

Cedric Alexander is a high-ranking official in the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and holds a doctoral decree in clinical psychology and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.

His resume includes stints as police chief of Rochester, New York, deputy commissioner of the New York State Police and security director for the Transportation Security Administration at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

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