Chief Thomas Warren
Omaha, Nebraska
Former Omaha Chief of Police
This 20-year police veteran attended the North Omaha Gene Eppley Boys Club, joining when he was 9 years old. Like many of his friends in North Omaha, the young Thomas was drawn in by the Club’s sports program. The Omaha Club’s football team competed in — and dominated — a citywide league, losing only one game in three years. Warren used lessons learned at the Club as guiding principles in his career with the Omaha police force, advancing from the uniform patrol through the ranks to his city’s top law enforcement post. In December 2003, he was appointed Omaha’s Chief of Police — that city’s first African-American to hold the office.
