Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant to retire

Then-interim Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant speaks to the Associated Press on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Mayor Andre Dickens announced Friday that Bryant will retire as police chief in June 2022 and a national search will be conducted to find his replacement. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Audio report by Rahul Bali.

Atlanta Police Department Chief Rodney Bryant will retire in June, according to a press release from the Mayor’s Office of Communications. Bryant joined the department in 1988 as a police officer.

“As Mayor [Andre] Dickens plans his leadership strategies for this great city, I believe it is essential that he and the city of Atlanta have a chief of police who is willing to serve throughout his term,” Bryant said in a statement.