Former Dayton, Ohio, police Chief Ronald Lowe dies

DAYTON, OHIO - Former Dayton, Ohio, police Chief Ronald Lowe Senior -- who rose through the ranks to lead the police force before retiring in 2000 -- has died. He was 57. <br> <br> Lowe died Monday at Hospice of Dayton. The cause of death was not disclosed. <br> <br> Lowe had been a Dayton policeman for 19 years. He left to become police chief in Chatham County, Georgia, but returned to Dayton to become chief in 1995. <br> <br> Chatham County Manager Russ Abolt hired Lowe to be police chief in Chatham County on Georgia&#39;s coast. He was the first black chief in Chatham County and served from 1993 to 1995. <br> <br> Abolt remembered him Tuesday as ``a true professional who was an agent of change and a true leader in law enforcement. He had a real personal touch about him and was never above the law.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> He noted that Lowe telephoned him at home the first Memorial Day weekend he was chief to tell him about a minor rear-end collision he&#39;s had while working in the field. Abolt said Lowe told him he was writing himself up because of the accident. <br> <br> Funeral arrangements are being handled by the House of Wheat.