ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren tapped a Black woman to become the new interim city police chief, saying Saturday she will bring a fresh approach to policing amid the tumultuous aftermath to Daniel Prudes death.
Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan, who retired from the department in 2009 as a lieutenant, will become the first woman to head the police department on Oct. 14. Warren fired former Police Chief LaRon Singletary this month after police body camera video was released of Prude, a Black man who died several days after officers put a hood over his head and pressed his face into the pavement on March 23.
The video’s release sparked days of protests in the city and insistent calls for reform.
I am confident that she will bring a different perspective and instill a fresh approach to policing, both of which…