Pictured: Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields speaks at a news conference on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Shields, who resigned from the Atlanta Police Department over the fatal police shooting of a Black man in June, will take over a Louisville department under scrutiny over its handling of the Breonna Taylor raid.
Shields she comes to Louisville after resigning from Atlanta's police department in June 2019 after the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man whom police shot and killed during a struggle in a Wendy's parking lot.
New LMPD Chief Erika Shields said consultant's Hillard Heintze's report will be a 'blueprint' for the department.
