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Charles H. Ramsey
Chief of Police
Charles H. Ramsey was appointed chief of the Metropolitan Police Department
on April 21, 1998. A nationally recognized innovator, educator and
practitioner of community policing, Chief Ramsey has refocused the
MPDC on crime fighting, crime prevention and emergency preparedness
through a more accountable organizational structure, new equipment
and technology, and an enhanced strategy of community policing.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Chief Ramsey served in the Chicago
Police Department for nearly three decades in a variety of assignments.
He began his career in 1968, at the age of 18, as a Chicago Police
cadet. He became a police officer in February 1971, and was promoted
through the ranks, eventually serving as commander of patrol, detectives
and narcotics units. In 1994, he was named Deputy Superintendent of
the Bureau of Staff Services, where he managed the department's education
and training, research and development, labor affairs, crime prevention
and professional counseling functions.
Chief Ramsey was instrumental in designing and implementing the Chicago
Alternative Policing Strategy, the city's nationally acclaimed
model of community policing. As co-manager of the CAPS project in
Chicago, Chief Ramsey was one of the principal authors of the police
department's strategic vision. He also designed and implemented the
CAPS operational model and helped to develop new training curricula
and communications efforts to support implementation.
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