--- description: While he has received glowing reviews overall, there's a glaring blemish on his record title: Ferguson's Interim Chief Was Suspended 3 Times in the Past image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d9b166f2178369b/69885f375f570f46dcb1ceae/andre-anderson-ferguson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ferguson's Interim Police Chief Was Suspended 3 Times in the Past by [Erik Oritz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Oritz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 9:37 PM CUT  Andre Anderson, left, speaks with Ferguson City Council member Wesley Bell after being introduced as the the interim chief of the Ferguson Police Department during a news conference on July 22, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Andre Anderson, left, speaks with Ferguson City Council member Wesley Bell after being introduced as the the interim chief of the Ferguson Police Department during a news conference on July 22, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.Jeff Roberson—AP by [Erik Oritz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Oritz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 9:37 PM CUT Troubling questions are swirling around the man hired to help fix the scandal-plagued Ferguson police department. Andre Anderson — a veteran Arizona cop and the interim chief of the Ferguson Police Department — was previously suspended three times in one year, [the news website Vocativ](http://www.vocativ.com/news/220070/interim-ferguson-police-chief-anderson-suspensions/ "undefined") found through a Freedom of Information Act request. He also had an order of protection against him and was accused of falsifying official documents, Vocativ said. Anderson is on a six-month break from his post as police commander in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale — using vacation and then unpaid leave for his time off. Anderson was hired … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/interim-ferguson-police-chief-andre-anderson-suspended-3-times-past-n409281?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/"},"headline":"Ferguson's Interim Police Chief Was Suspended 3 Times in the Past","datePublished":"2015-08-13T21:37:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:10:19.610Z","description":"While he has received glowing reviews overall, there's a glaring blemish on his record","url":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/","keywords":["Crime","police","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d9b166f2178369b/69885f375f570f46dcb1ceae/andre-anderson-ferguson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Oritz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d9b166f2178369b/69885f375f570f46dcb1ceae/andre-anderson-ferguson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Andre Anderson Wesley Bell ferguson","caption":"Andre Anderson Wesley Bell ferguson","creditText":"Jeff Roberson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/","name":"Ferguson's Interim Police Chief Was Suspended 3 Times in the Past"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Media Returns To Ferguson And Reflects 1 Year Later","description":"Many will try to pinpoint why Michael Brown's death was the catalyst for the year-long social movement on the anniversary of Ferguson.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9n7NRwtz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-08T15:44:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9n7NRwtz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/","duration":"PT1M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3997296/ferguson-interim-police-chief/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```