The mayor of Rochester, New York, has tapped an African-American woman to become the new interim city police chief.
Mayor Lovely Warren said Saturday Cynthia Herriot-Sullivan will bring a "fresh approach to policing" amid the tumult following Daniel Prude’s death.
Newser reports Herriott-Sullivan retired from the department in 2009 as a lieutenant.
On October 14th, Herriott-Sullivan will become the first woman to head the Rochester Police Department.
Warren fired former Police Chief La'Ron Singletary when video showed officers putting a hood over Prude's head and pressing his face into the pavement.