Daniel Isom

Daniel Isom
33rd Commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
In office
October 6, 2008 – December 4, 2013
Director of Public SafetyRichard Gray
Mayor of St. LouisFrancis Slay
Preceded byJoe Mokwa
Succeeded bySam Dotson
Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety
In office
September 2014 – February 2015
Preceded byJerry Lee
Succeeded byPeter Lyskowski
10th Director of the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis
In office
April 20, 2021 – February 11, 2023
Preceded byJimmie M. Edwards
Succeeded byCharles Coyle
Personal details
Born
Daniel Isom

(1967-03-01) March 1, 1967 (age 57)
Residence(s)St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis

Daniel Isom was appointed St. Louis' 33rd Police Commissioner 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 by Mayor Tishaura Jones.[2]

He was previously St Louis' Police Commissioner & Chief from 2008 to 2013.

  1. ^ StLouis Post-Dispatch
  2. ^ "Former St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom as the city's new public safety director". KSDK. 15 April 2021.