[DOC] [TLE] Frank Rizzo - Wikipedia [PAR] Francis Lazarro "Frank" Rizzo, Sr. (October 23, 1920  July 16, 1991) was an 
American police officer and politician. He served as Philadelphia police 
commissioner from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of ... Rizzo actually functioned as 
mayor before his election. Toward the end of his term, .... Philly.com. Interstate 
General Media... [DOC] [TLE] Charles H. Ramsey - Wikipedia [PAR] 1971 - 1977. Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950) is the former Commissioner of the 
Philadelphia Police Department. Prior to assuming that post in January 2008, he 
had served as Chief of the ... On November 15, 2007, Philadelphia Mayor Elect 
Michael Nutter nominated Ramsey as Police Commissioner. Ramsey came out of
... [DOC] [TLE] Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia Dies at 70 - A 'Hero' and 'Villain ... [PAR] Jul 17, 1991 ... One night during the upheavals of the 1960's, Commissioner Rizzo left a ... by W. 
Wilson Goode, who went on to win election as the city's first black Mayor. ... on 
South Rosewood, the narrow street in "South Philly" where the Rizzos lived. ... In 
1972, shortly before he resigned to run for Mayor, police officers... [DOC] [TLE] HARDY WILLIAMS, 1931-2010 An African American pioneer He ... [PAR] Jan 8, 2010 ... "There were others elected before him," Rendell said, "but they were selected by 
... In 1971, he lost in the Democratic primary to former Police ... How he did so 
was a bit of Philly-style politics. ... today, the city's mayor, district attorney, police 
commissioner, and schools superintendent are African Americans. [DOC] [TLE] Psyched And Prepped, Rizzo Goes For The Gold - philly-archives [PAR] May 15, 1991 ... Seven hours before the Republican mayoral debate. Frank L. Rizzo ... Rizzo 
parlayed his police career into a run for mayor in 1971. He won a... [DOC] [TLE] He's Back: Rizzo Making His Latest Run Official - philly-archives [PAR] Jan 23, 1991 ... Before being elected mayor in 1971, Rizzo was the police commissioner, serving 
in the Police Department for 28 years. But some swing voters,... [DOC] [TLE] Why the Frank Rizzo statue is in the middle of Philly - Billy Penn [PAR] Aug 13, 2016 ... Rizzo's iron-fist terms as police commissioner and mayor in the '60s and '70s ... 
Before settling on Municipal Service Building steps, the Arts ... He says he gets 
the petition, but he's really not for taking the statue down. ... Today, past reports of 
police brutality are being read in the age of Black Lives Matter. [DOC] [TLE] Is every Philly mayor's race about race?  NewsWorks [PAR] Mar 20, 2015 ... Look for ward-by-ward returns before the city computerized vote tallies in 2002, ... 
presence of Frank Rizzo, the tough-talking police commissioner turned mayor, 
and ... It was the 1971 mayor's race when the first relatively well-known ... Black 
voters didn't flock to Williams, because he wasn't seen as capable... [DOC] [TLE] Me and Frank | Philly Weekly [PAR] Sep 7, 2005 ... By the time Frank Rizzo ran for mayor in 1971, I was covering ... The morning 
after he was elected, I interviewed the mayor-elect about his transition and, 
among other questions, asked who he'd appoint to be his fire commissioner. ... 
On one occasion The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that police had shot... [DOC] [TLE] Political Timeline | Philadelphia Partisan Politics [PAR] November 1971: Former Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo elected mayor, ... that 
he would change the City Charter to eliminate the mayor's two-term limit. [DOC] [TLE] Counter-petition to keep statue of ex-Philly mayor Frank Rizzo ... [PAR] Aug 14, 2016 ... A 9-foot statue of a former Philadelphia mayor located in Center City ... police 
commissioner from 1967 to 1971 before becoming the mayor ... When Rizzo died 
in 1991, he left a complicated legacy in the city that remains unsettled. ... The 
petition

Question: He was Philly's police commissioner before being elected mayor in 1971
Answer: Frank Rizzo