Cape Girardeau Police chief Carl Kinnison over the years

Published March 19, 1992 Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison holds a stuffed monkey on loan from Bloomin' Balloons. It is similar to one that was stolen from the store last month. Police are offering a reward for information regarding the missing monkey in the belief that other burglaries may be solved along with it. (Missourian archives)

Patrolman Dale Ratliff, at right, spoke to a police recruit class in 1979. Carl Kinnison is seated in the back row at right. (Missourian archives, published Feb. 23, 1979)

Sgt. Carl Kinnison and Support Services Supervisor Juanita Henley discuss some of the important changes headed for the police department this year, including consolidation of police and fire dispatching systems and addition of computerization equipment. (Missourian archives, published Feb. 8, 1987)

Carl Kinnison (Missourian archives, published May 1, 1989)

Chesterfield Police Chief Ray Johnson met with Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard Boyd and Carl Kinnison to discuss Cape's crime prevention program, including the Business Watch for possible application to Johnson's department. Pictured looking over material are from left: Lt. Ed Nestor, crime prevention officer with the Chesterfield Police Department; Johnson; Kinnison, seated; Boyd. (Missourian archives photo by Mark Sterkel; published Aug. 8, 1989)

Sgt. Carl Kinnison discussed Enhanced 911 service at a First Friday Coffee. (Missourian archives, published Nov. 3, 1991)

Sgt. Carl Kinnison, October 1991 (Missourian archives)

Published May 5, 1992 Sgt. Carl Kinnison with the Cape Girardeau Police Department answers questions from Cape Girardeau Central High School students about police brutality Monday afternoon. The program, sponsored by the local NAACP, allowed students to express their feelings about the Rodney King verdict and to get feedback from police. (Missourian archives photo by Mark Sterkel)

Published May 22, 1994 Cape Girardeau police officers, from left, Buddy Davis, Carl Kinnison, firefighter Charles Brawley and Department of Public Safety officer John Nelson are four of several friends of Cape Girardeau police officer Danny Niswonger constructing a new roof on Niswonger's home Saturday. He is in a St. Louis hospital recovering from surgery. (Missourian archives photo by Don Shrubshell)

Published March 26, 1997 Megan Mheny, left, floor director at the Southwestern Bell Telecommunication Production Center at Southeast Missouri State University, Tuesday taped Cape Girardeau Police Chief Rick Hetzel, center, and Sgt. Carl Kinnison during the first episode of "Behind the Badge," a monthly cable television show designed to get people involved in sharing information about local crimes. (Missourian archives by Don Shrubshell)

Cape Girardeau Police Chief Steve Strong, left, presented his successor, Capt. Carl Kinnison, with "parting gifts" at Strong's retirement party Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Police Chief Carl Kinnison speaks at a press conference on Monday, December 10, 2007 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau, Mo., announcing charges have been filed against Timothy W. Krajcir for five unsolved murders. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Cape Girardeau mayor Harry Rediger presents retiring police chief Carl Kinnison with a plaque Monday, July 16, 2012 in appreciation for his service to the city. (Laura Simon)