Richard A.J. "Rick" Hite is executive director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Previously he served as chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the

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, Hite was president of the BPD's Vanguard Justice Society, an organization representing the department's

officers and was the commander of the BPD's Youth Services Division, a division of the department with responsibilities concerning troubled inner city youths. Hite retired from the Baltimore force on June 30, 2009. He served as deputy public safety director in

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from 2010 to 2012, when he was appointed interim police chief after former chief Paul Ciesielski stepped down. Hite was named chief on a permanent basis on December 6, 2012. Hite was the person who notified then-Baltimore mayor

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of the

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' move to

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during the early hours of March 29, 1984. At the time, Hite was a member of Schaefer's protective detail.

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