Memphis mayor says police union's 'danger' billboards hurting city's image

They called it Metro thinking it would be easier to pronounce and spell than Metropolitan, which is what all the other merged cities use for their formal title. Only Louisville pushes the envelop to put the slang word Metro in official city documents and on vehicles, even though the dictionary says it refers to a subway.

metro [me-troh]

noun, plural met·ros.

1. the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.

2. subway

b cauz that is what the chief wants it call metro

I actually saw a fancy invite recently to some event Conrad was guest speaking at and it listed him as Chief of Louisville Metropolitan Police Department.

I don't know if the organization chose to list it as such or if he did.