Louisville has its new police chief.

Mayor Craig Greenburg swore in chief Paul Humphrey on Friday.

Humphrey has spent his entire police career in Louisville.

WDR Bctv reports.

He joined the force in 2006.

He became interim chief this summer.

There was praise of the new chief during Friday's swearing in ceremony, but he says it's not about him.

Thank you.

This is absolutely amazing that this many people have shown up and understand something.

I get it.

It's it's a little awkward to have people talk about you and say good things about you and praise you.

But I want you all to know that they are saying all those things in support of us.

There's people here from all over the country that have come to show their support for our MPD and what we do.

So all of the great things that they have said about me today understand it's actually about you.

This is about how we work and do this together.

And the reason why they have that support and that faith in us is because they trust that we are going to do this job well.

And the chief talked about how Louisville police will move forward, protecting the city and reducing violent crime.

Louisville has had 115 homicides so far this year.

Humphrey talked of getting repeat violent offenders off the streets with a program known as Group Violence Intervention.

We want people to have a different life, a more productive life.

And so that offer is made to them.

They are put on notice that we have resources for you to get out of this lifestyle.

But if you don't, we are coming after you.

We are not just coming after you.

We are coming after your entire group.

You have to have social pressures in order to change your behavior.

And we are going to go after those people and pull them out of society so that they no longer plague our streets.

Humphrey is a Louisville sixth police chief, and for years.