The city of Salem announced that Derek Weeks would be named the new Police Chief.

10 News will be sitting down with Booth to learn more about his plans for Roanoke City, and we want to make sure the community is part of the conversation.

Danville Police Chief, Scott Booth, will be Roanoke's next top-cop come Oct 31.

Following a long search for Roanoke’s next top cop, Scott Booth is stepping down from his role as Danville’s Police Chief to be Roanoke’s new chief.

Chief Booth is credited for a lot of the violence reduction with his work down in Danville.

LEXINGTON, Va. – When Lexington Police Chief Sam Roman takes over as chief of the Roanoke Police Department on March 31, he’ll be walking to a place he knows pretty well. After serving in Roanoke’s department for 25 years, he left in late 2017 after rising to deputy chief in the Star City. So I don’t see any need for a huge sweeping changes,” Roman said from his current office in Lexington. The incoming chief said he is looking forward to his new role in Roanoke even though the city is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Obviously the governor’s office, obviously Virginia Department of Health.