Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday the names of five candidates he will be interviewing for the job as the chief of Louisville Metro Police.

Four of the candidates have strong ties to Louisville, with two of them - Lt. Col. Vince Robison and Lt. Col. Yvette Gentry - currently serving as the deputy chiefs of the department.

Denver Police Chief Robert White today demoted Division Chief Tracie Keesee, who was heavily favored by officers during the search for a chief that ended with White's appointment, and transferred four other cops.

White said the moves were in the best interest of the department, but wouldn't explain why he made them.

Jefferson County Constable David Whitlock has been indicted on assault and endangerment charges after shooting a woman in the parking lot of a southwestern Louisville Walmart.

Whitlock, 34, is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 6, on charges of second-degree assault and first-degree wanton endangerment., said Leland Hulbert, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.

The Louisville Metro Police Merit Board has overturned a disciplinary decision of former Police Chief Robert White, reducing the suspension of an officer who gave a 7-year-old a ticket for throwing a ball that hit the officer's truck.

Gayle Norris is the deputy coroner in Jefferson County. She said Saturday that the person in the car who died was 17-year-old Tachone (tuh-SHAHN') Harrison. She says the pedestrian who was struck and killed was 51-year-old Audrey Brandon.

Louisville Metro Police are filing charges against a dead man. Last month, police say two officers were hurt when Norman Smith opened fire on them near the intersection of 10th Street and Jefferson Street.

Police say Smith later committed suicide and he was found in his car. WDRB News has learned that police have posthumously charged Smith with four counts of attempted murder and four counts of criminal mischief.

Sixteen people have submitted applications to become Louisville's next police chief.

The application process closed Dec. 15, with applicants required to complete position papers that outlines their stances on 12 topics including management style, views on community policing, experience in command positions and interactions with officers.

"It is a huge responsibility and undertaking to be done correctly," says a nervous Sherri Knight. It's her first interview in front of a TV camera in several years. She tells WDRB News she didn't apply to be police chief on a whim. The wife and mother of an 8-year-son says she really thought about it and talked it over with her family. "Once they were committed to it, I submitted," says Knight.