Monday is IMPD Commander Randal Taylor’s last day at work.
The big picture: Taylor has protected and served the Circle City for more than three decades, including a recent stint leading the department through four of its most difficult and transformative years as chief.
Flashback: Taylor took over as IMPD’s top cop in 2020, just in time to navigate his officers through a global pandemic; the police shooting of Dreasjon Reed, a 21-year-old Black man whose death sparked a summer of protests; and a 2021 mass shooting at a FedEx facility that still weighs heavily…