Opinion: Note to mayor — make a splash when choosing police director
Otis Sanford believe whoever replaces Memphis Police Department Director Mike Rallings (seen above on Feb. 27) must be an innovator, a forward thinker, a consensus builder, a believer in transparency, politically savvy and courageous. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.
When it comes to a diverse pool of candidates, the list of finalists for the police director’s job is a homerun. Three are from inside the department. Three are women and five are African American. But this search comes with plenty of challenges.
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