LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) \u2014 A former Louisville police chief landed a new job in western New York.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the mayor of Buffalo named Erika Shields as the city’s new police commissioner. Shields will lead the department starting in May, pending a confirmation vote by the Buffalo Common Council.<\/p>\n
She became chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 following the death of Breonna Taylor and the months of demonstrations that followed.<\/p>\n
Shields resigned from Louisville in 2023 as Mayor Craig Greenberg began his term and has been working in the private sector.<\/p>\n
She came to Louisville from Atlanta, where she also resigned from her post after the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in 2020.<\/p>\n
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