Daniel Isom II was appointed director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety by Gov. Jay Nixon,effective Sept. 1. Isom currently serves as the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Previously he was chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. He will replace Jerry Lee, who is retiring. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate.
