At a Billy Graham law enforcement retreat, Tallahassee police chief Lawrence Revell (along with other brass from the police department) said he was God’s first choice to be police chief. (He was Tallahassee’s second choice in 2020 after their first choice backed out of contract negotiations.)

The retreat’s purpose is to promote spreading the Gospel by police on the job.

Revell encourages other chiefs to push back on their City Managers and City Commissioners if criticized for working in religion into the management of their departments “Hold the line,” he says, comparing his role to Peter and Paul from the Bible.

“Don’t move the line because of opposition you might face,” beginning to discuss his criticisms by County Commissioner Bill Proctor about Revell’s 1996 killing of Nuke Williams.

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“I was God’s First Choice,” TPD Chief Revell Says at Billy Graham Retreat (Our Tallahassee, October 1, 2021, with video from the event where he states it’s his job as a police officer to promote Christianity amongst officers and citizens, and push back against the city council if he does it)