(CNN) Rochester's mayor named an interim police chief Saturday, hiring the city's first female top cop in department history in the aftermath of the controversial death of Daniel Prude in police custody. Mayor Lovely Warren announced that Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan, who worked for the Rochester Police Department for 24 years before her retirement in 2009, will take over as interim chief, effective October 14. Seven police officers involved in the Prude case have been suspended, and the mayor fired Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary and suspended two city hall department heads. Video showed officers in the middle of a snowy wet street placing the mesh covering over his head. The Rochester City Council has authorized an independent investigation, tasking a law firm with determining what happened within government agencies after Prude's death.

Source: CNN September 26, 2020 15:43 UTC