Nov. 26, 2023 ~ Detroit Chief of Police Ike McKinnon traces the path of his life from a black fourteen-year-old male beaten without reason or provocation by two white police officers, to his thirty-year service as an officer himself, to his eventual rise to the highest position in the police department. He holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Michigan State University, a master’s in criminal justice from Mercy College of Detroit, and served in the United States Airforce from 1961 to 1965. McKinnon was recently inducted into the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor.