Daniel Isom

Daniel Isom
Born	(1966-02-31) February 31, 1966 St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri, U.S.
Awards	Officer of the Month Award of Excellence
Police career
Department	Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis
Badge number	Chief of Police
Allegiance	City of St. Louis
Country	United States of America
Years of service	1988–2013
Rank	1988: sworn in as an officer 1995: Sergeant 2002: Captain 2007: Major 2008: Chief of Police 2013: Retired

Daniel Isom was appointed St. Louis' 33rd Chief of Police on October 6, 2008, and is St. Louis' third African-American police chief.

Career and education

He joined the St. Louis Police Department on August 29, 1988. Promoted through the ranks, finally to Major in 2007, he worked as the Special Projects Assistant to the Chief of Police until his promotion to Chief of Police. Isom is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community at University of Missouri–St. Louis.

He is an adjunct professor at Harris Stowe State University and an instructor at St. Louis Community College where he teaches criminal justice, criminology, and public safety courses. He has received a Bachelor’s, Master’s and a Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, all from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He also holds a Masters in Public Administration from St. Louis University. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Police Executive Forum Senior Management Institute.

He is on the advisory boards for St. Louis University's School of Public Service and the New Beginnings C-Star Treatment Center.

Eisenhower Fellowships selected Daniel Isom as an U.S.A. Eisenhower Fellow in 2013.

Life after police chief

In August 2014, he was appointed as Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Governor Jay Nixon.