Atlanta police chief who resigned after Rayshard Brooks deadly shooting is named head of Louisville department responsible for Breonna Taylor s killing - on same day two detectives were fired for botched raid
Erika Shields was named Wednesday as the new chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department after the firing of longtime chief, Steve Conrad, in June
She served in Atlanta for 25 years, including more than three years as chief
Her tenure ended when she resigned in June after Atlanta officers fatally shot a black man named Rayshard Brooks in a restaurant parking lot
Shields will be the fourth person to lead the city s force since Taylor was shot
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In a letter to Detective Joshua Jaynes, LMPD interim Chief Yvette Gentry said she has the utmost confidence in my decision to terminate your employment for breaching department polices on truthfulness and search warrant preparations.
An attorney representing the detective, however, said Wednesday he thought the allegations against Jaynes are demonstrably wrong. I was not surprised that the pre-termination letter was delivered; we d heard rumors about that, said Jaynes lawyer, Thomas Clay. What did kind of surprise me were the grounds that are alleged as the basis for this termination action, Clay added. There are two of them: One, that he should have been at 3003 Springfield Drive when that search warrant was executed, and second was that he was untruthful in a statement he included in the search warrant affidavit. Â
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