After a 10-month-long nationwide search, St. Louis' new public safety director has been announced — and Mayor Tishaura Jones says she didn't have to look far.
Veteran Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Marshal Charles Coyle stepped in as interim public safety director in January, after former interim Director Dan Isom left for a position at Ameren.
Jones had said she would begin a national search for a permanent hire for the position, which is a mayoral appointee. On Thursday, she announced Coyle was…
