The City of Birmingham, Alabama’s first Black police officer, Leroy Stover, has died at the age of 90, the Associated Press reports. Stover joined the force in March 1966 at the age of 33 and rose to the rank of deputy chief. He retired in 1998, with 32 years of service.
Leroy Stover was the first Black police officer to serve in the department when he joined in 1966.
By the time he retired in 1998, he had risen to the rank of Deputy Chief.
Birmingham Police, which announced Chief Stover’s passing, did not share a cause of death and said funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Stover was 90 years old.
The police department did not share a cause of death. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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