Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville Branch of the NAACP, also expressed disappointment in the lack of public forums, but in a quick survey of their qualifications he found nothing "disturbing" about the five finalists. Cunningham said tension between police and Louisville's black community subsided during White's tenure, and he hoped the next chief would continue the progress. He added that he was not disappointed that only one of the candidates was a racial minority or a female, and that