Jackson MS: Former Forest Hill ACM dies
Published: Tue, 03/28/23
Former Jackson police chief dies
Rebecca Coleman served under Mayor Harvey Johnson
Rebecca Coleman retired as JPD police chief.
SOURCE: WAPT
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Updated: 9:32 AM CDT Mar 27, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. —Rebecca Coleman, a former Jackson police chief and director of public safety at Jackson State University, has died.
Coleman's daughters said she died Sunday.
Coleman served as the chief of the Jackson Police Department from 2009 to 2013 during Mayor Harvey Johnson's last term in office.
Coleman graduated from the Jackson Police Academy in 1974 and worked 20 years for JPD as an officer, sergeant, supervisor and deputy chief of police. During her career, she also served as chief of police and assistant city manager in Forest Hill, Texas.