# Daniel Isom > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Isom > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Isom.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isom > Source revision: 1349842663 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Daniel Isom 33rd Commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department In office October 6, 2008 – December 4, 2013 Director of Public Safety Richard Gray Mayor of St. Louis Francis Slay Preceded by Joe Mokwa Succeeded by Sam Dotson Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety In office September 2014 – February 2015 Preceded by Jerry Lee Succeeded by Peter Lyskowski 10th Director of the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis In office April 20, 2021 – February 11, 2023 Preceded by Jimmie M. Edwards Succeeded by Charles Coyle Personal details Born Daniel Isom (1967-03-01) March 1, 1967 (age 59) Alma mater University of Missouri-St. Louis **Daniel Isom** was appointed St. Louis' 33rd [Police Commissioner](/source/Police_Commissioner_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Department%2C_City_of_St._Louis) on October 6, 2008, and was St. Louis' third African-American police chief.[1] Isom took a leave of absence as the executive director of the Regional Justice Information Service, most commonly known as REJIS. in April 2021 due to his appointment as Interim Director of the [Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis](/source/Public_Safety_Department_-_City_of_St._Louis) by Mayor [Tishaura Jones](/source/Tishaura_Jones).[2] He was previously [St Louis' Police Commissioner & Chief](/source/Commissioner_of_the_St._Louis_Metropolitan_Police_Department) from 2008 to 2013. ## Career and education He joined the [Metropolitan Police Department](/source/St._Louis_Police_Department) on August 29, 1988. During his career, he served in patrol, investigations, training, and internal affairs positions. Promoted through the ranks, finally to Major in 2007, he worked as the Special Projects Assistant to the Police Commissioner until his promotion to Police Commissioner. He previously served as an adjunct professor at [Harris Stowe State University](/source/Harris_Stowe_State_University) and an instructor at [St. Louis Community College](/source/St._Louis_Community_College) where he taught criminal justice, criminology, and public safety courses. He has received an associate degree in Criminal Justice from [Forest Park Community College](/source/Forest_Park_Community_College), a Bachelor's, Master's and a Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, all from the [University of Missouri-St. Louis](/source/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93St._Louis). He also holds a master's in Public Administration from [Saint Louis University](/source/Saint_Louis_University_(United_States)). He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the Police Executive Forum Senior Management Institute and the FBI National Executives Institute. [Eisenhower Fellowships](/source/Eisenhower_Fellowships) selected Daniel Isom as a U.S.A. Eisenhower Fellow in 2013. He traveled to Ireland and Germany for four weeks to study training and community policing in Europe. The University of Chicago Institute of Politics selected him as an IOP Fellow in 2016.[3] Isom delivered a series of seminars on police community relations and the future of policing in America. ### Life after police chief After retiring from the St. Louis Police Department, he took a teaching position on January 1, 2013, at the [University of Missouri-St. Louis](/source/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93St._Louis) (UMSL). He is now an E. Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at UMSL.[4] In August 2014, he was appointed as Director of the [Missouri Department of Public Safety](/source/Missouri_Department_of_Public_Safety) in the Cabinet of Governor [Jay Nixon](/source/Jay_Nixon).[5] On November 18, 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed the Ferguson Commission – a volunteer group of 16 diverse community leaders to listen to and engage with area organizations, national thought leaders, institutions, experts and citizens.[6] Isom was appointed as a commissioner and served as the co-chair of the commission task force on police community relations. ## References - [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [United States portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [StLouis Post-Dispatch](http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/srlinks.nsf/0/827471ABE9D70160862574DA00718986?OpenDocument)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Former St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom as the city's new public safety director"](https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/st-louis-new-public-safety-director-dan-isom/63-4df33a98-53ef-449a-9b3b-73ba4f3aa3b2). *KSDK*. 15 April 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Past Fellows"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200626000955/http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/past-fellows). *politics.uchicago.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/past-fellows) on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2016-12-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Endowed Professors"](http://www.umsl.edu/desleecollaborative/endowed-professors.html). *www.umsl.edu*. Retrieved 2016-12-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Former St. Louis police chief gets spot in Nixon's cabinet, leading public safety (St. Louis Post-Dispatch article)](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-st-louis-police-chief-gets-spot-in-nixon-s/article_b298dc12-9e6c-586c-bc85-3c180d3e429b.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["About the Commission | St. Louis Positive Change"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141220093424/http://stlpositivechange.org/about-us). Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Police appointments Preceded by Joe Mokwa Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2008–2013 Succeeded by Doyle Sam Dotson III v t e Ferguson unrest Shooting of Michael Brown Ferguson, Missouri Governmental agencies Ferguson Police Department Missouri National Guard Missouri Attorney General United States Attorney General Federal Bureau of Investigation Missouri State Highway Patrol St. Louis County Police Department St. Charles County Police Department Federal Aviation Administration The White House United States Department of Justice Missouri Department of Public Safety St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department People Maria Chappelle-Nadal Lacy Clay Charlie Dooley Doyle Sam Dotson III John Hayden Jr. Eric Holder Daniel Isom Jesse Jackson James Knowles III Chris Koster Bob McCulloch Jay Nixon Barack Obama Francis Slay Steve Stenger Protest organizations Ferguson Action Hands Up United Black Lives Matter Related "Hands up, don't shoot" "Don't Shoot" Ferguson Municipal Public Library Our Lady of Ferguson [Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Isom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isom) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isom?action=history)). 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