Veteran law enforcement officer Bill Scott was named chief of Metro's first in-house police department.Scott announced his retirement as San Francisco chief of police Wednesday morning after eight years.

LA Metro intends to start its own in-house police department. Find out who will lead that effort as the new chief of Metro police.

After serving more than eight years as San Francisco's police chief, Bill Scott is stepping down, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday. Sworn in back in in 2017 by former mayor Ed Lee, Scott has led public safety efforts through the COVID-19 pandemic, protests in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, and the fentanyl drug crisis.