Richard Pennington

Richard Pennington was a leader in three major police departments.

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Richard Pennington died at age 70 on May 8, 2017.

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[Wikipedia: Personal life] Pennington was married from 1974 to 1984 and had one son from this marriage. He remarried in 1992 and had a second son.

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[Wikipedia: Early life] Pennington was born in Little Rock, Arkansas where his mother was a barber with her own shop and his father worked on the Rock Island Railroad. The railroad closed while Pennington was in high school and the family moved to Gary, Indiana, where his father became a crane operator…

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[Wikipedia: Career] Pennington served in MPD for 26 years and was eventually promoted to assistant chief. In October 1994, he became police chief in New Orleans, where he was credited with major improvements in what had been a poorly regarded and corruption-ridden police department. In fact, condit…

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[Wikipedia: Lead] Richard Pennington (November 26, 1946 – May 4, 2017) served as Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1994 to 2002 and Chief of the Atlanta Police Department in Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010.

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Pennington said, 'We get on our officers for performance. Any corporate system does that.'

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9CQ--YeMPU

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCrhDLzMupA

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwN-YtvysDk

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_c247RFev8

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDW8_5qd_50

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Richard Pennington media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEWO8ydT4Uc

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FEC totals for the 2024 cycle report that Richard Pennington reported $0 cash on hand.

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