Log in

KENNETH MCCOY

Tempe police chief starts job

Posted 6/7/23

Kenneth McCoy took over Monday as Tempe’s police chief.

McCoy retired in 2022 as chief of the Anchorage Police Department after 27 years of service with the department. He is a U.S. Army …

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

To Our Valued Readers –

Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.

For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.

Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.

Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.

Sincerely,
Charlene Bisson, Publisher, Independent Newsmedia

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor
KENNETH MCCOY

Tempe police chief starts job

Posted

Kenneth McCoy took over Monday as Tempe’s police chief.

McCoy retired in 2022 as chief of the Anchorage Police Department after 27 years of service with the department. He is a U.S. Army veteran, served 10 years in the Alaska Army National Guard and was honorably discharged as a captain in 2000.

McCoy has a bachelor’s degree in justice from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a certificate in Leading Diversity from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute.

He succeeds Jeff Glover who was appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to serve as director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.