Fayetteville swears in new police chief

Braden says he has a 30-60-90 day plan to make things better.

It was standing room only inside the city council chambers for the swearing in. Braden says law enforcement is a family affair. His father is a retired Special Forces soldier who became chief of police in his hometown of Providence, Kentucky.

"My brother, who's much younger than me, he moved back with my father and he actually joined the Kentucky State Police. He retired after 20 plus years of service with them and just recently was elected Sheriff in Webster County," said Braden.

Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons administered the oath of office, while his wife Elizabeth did the honors of pinning on his badge.

Now the real work begins. Braden says he knows the department inside-out, so he's not in any rush to any major changes.

"Part of that first 30 days is really having conversations with individuals, internally and externally, about what they feel the change needs be as well," he said. "I have a bunch of ideas about what those changes are, but to help manage the expectations of the department, I  need to take that time just to talk to them to see what their expectations of change are as well," he said.

Braden is also making history as Fayetteville's first Asian American police chief -- but he doesn't want anyone to focus on that. He just wants everyone to focus on the fact that he wants to do a good job.