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Richard Hite

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Richard A.J. "Rick" Hite is executive director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Previously he served as chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Baltimore Police Department. An African American, Hite was president of the BPD's Vanguard Justice Society, an organization representing the department's African American officers and was the commander of the BPD's Youth Services Division, a division of the department with responsibilities concerning troubled inner city youths.

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