MIAMI_More than two years ago, Delrish Moss, a former Miami police officer, was named police chief in Ferguson, Mo., after the controversial police shooting death of Michael Brown.
This week, Moss resigned and said he would return home.
According to the St. Louis-Post Dispatch, Moss is coming back to South Florida to help care for his sick mother.
"We've been very appreciative of his efforts here," Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III told the newspaper. "He came here with an open mind, and I think he learned to really embrace the community even though it was not very welcoming when he got here."
It's still unclear whether he will return to the Miami Police force.
Moss, who beat out 53 other candidates for the Ferguson job, became chief in May 2016. He had been a police officer at the Miami Police Department since 1984. He quickly rose through the ranks. After working as a detective in the homicide unit, he took over media and community relations in the late '90s.
