Newly-elected St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has named key members of her Public Safety team – and one of them will be making more money than her.
Former St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom has been tapped as the Interim Public Safety Director – which means all of the city's public safety apparatus including the fire chief, police chief along with the Division of Corrections Commissioner and the Emergency Communications Division will answer to him.
To take on this task in the most violent city in the country, Isom will be paid $200,018 annually – the same salary as his predecessor, retired Judge Jimmie Edwards.
The mayor’s salary is about $131,000.
Serving as Isom’s senior advisor will be retired St. Louis Police Sgt. Heather Taylor. It’s a new position in terms of its title. Personnel Director Richard Frank tells me it existed during the previous administration, and was called the Deputy Director of Public Safety.