Walter Coe moved to Grand Rapids in 1916 from Nashville and became the city's first Black police officer in 1922.

Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Former Blacksburg Police Chief Bill Brown, a trailblazer for black officers in the New River Valley, is remembered for his ...

A 13-month project to honor current and former West Point police officers of note was formally unveiled to the community Thursday, as residents got their first look at the Wall of Honor. One wall of ...

For his keynote address to Minneapolis' newest crop of police officers, Spike Moss delivered a history lesson about the long, winding road to achieve minority representation on the force. The ...

After serving his country in Vietnam, Chief Brown became the first African American police officer in the New River Valley in ...

On Wednesday, Donald Trump pardoned two Washington, D.C., police officers convicted of the 2020 killing of 20-year-old Karon ...

The Blacksburg Police Department is sad to announce the passing of retired Chief of Police William “Bill” H. Brown. Chief ...

When he was hired by the Blacksburg Police Department in 1970, he became the first Black police officer to serve in the New River Valley. He was promoted to police chief in 1994 – another first ...