ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The first Black man to serve Rochester as a police officer has died. 

Capt. Charles "Charlie" Price lived to be 98.

Price left Kodak for the RPD in 1947.

He went from undercover to detective to the rank of captain. He retired in 1985.

Price served in World War II. His grandfather was a Civil War veteran.

As a police officer, he provided security for presidents and civil rights icons Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren presented a ceremonial Rochester Police Department sword to Price two years ago as part of the force's bicentennial celebration.

As it said on the sword, Price was the "First of Many."

Click here (desktop browser only) for our story on Price and how he reflected on his life and career.