Richard Hite

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|name = Richard A.J. Hite

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|birth_place = Gary, Indiana

|nickname = Rick

|service = Baltimore Police Department
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

|serviceyears = 31 (BPD)
2 (Indianapolis)

|rank = Lieutenant Colonel (BPD)
Chief of Police (IMPD)

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|url = [http://www.in.gov/icrc/ Indiana Civil Rights Commission]

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Richard A.J. "Rick" Hite is executive director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Previously he served as chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Baltimore Police Department. An African American, Hite was president of the BPD's Vanguard Justice Society, an organization representing the department's African American officers{{cite web | title=Welcome to the official website of the Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. | url=http://vjsinc.tripod.com/vjs_aboutus.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915183635/http://vjsinc.tripod.com/vjs_aboutus.html | archivedate=2008-09-15 }} and was the commander of the BPD's Youth Services Division,{{cite web | title=Opening eyes, minds: Youths see a world beyond Baltimore | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.connecticut06jul06,0,4671746.story}}, The Baltimore Sun (July 6th, 2008) a division of the department with responsibilities concerning troubled inner city youths. Hite retired from the Baltimore force on June 30, 2009.{{cite web | title=January-June 2009-Page 8-Baltimore Police Department Official Web Site | url=http://www.baltimorepolice.org/newsroom/recent-retirements?start=7 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913135538/http://www.baltimorepolice.org/newsroom/recent-retirements?start=7 | archivedate=2012-09-13 }}, Baltimore Police Department (December 4, 2012) He served as deputy public safety director in Indianapolis, Indiana from 2010 to 2012, when he was appointed interim police chief after former chief Paul Ciesielski stepped down. Hite was named chief on a permanent basis on December 6, 2012.{{cite web | title=Rick Hite lands permanent job as IMPD chief | url=http://www.indystar.com/article/20121205/NEWS/121205028/Rick-Hite-lands-permanent-job-IMPD-chief}}, The Indianapolis Star (December 5th, 2012)

Hite was the person who notified then-Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer of the Baltimore Colts' move to Indianapolis during the early hours of March 29, 1984.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Philip|title=The Colts move: Hell's Angels, Hoosier Dome color scheme and 14 empty semis|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2014/03/28/colts-move-hells-angels-hoosier-dome-color-scheme-empty-semis/7004881/|publisher=Indianapolis Star|accessdate=March 31, 2014}} At the time, Hite was a member of Schaefer's protective detail.