[4][8] Rice received two battle stars, a combat infantry badge, and special commendation from the government of South Korea.

[4] Washington sought to see the department reformed, including ending the de facto racial segregation within the force.

[3] Rice's efforts to implement integration within the police patrols was met with resistance from rank-and-file officers, who protested by slowing down ticket-writing.

[4][1] Rice retired as superintendent effective November 1, 1987,[5][9] ending his 32-year career as a Chicago police officer.

[9] After retiring from the Chicago Police Department in 1987, Rice served as an adjunct professor of criminal justice at the University of Illinois from 1990 until 2001.

[10] After an almost ten-year long battle with the cancer, Rice died January 10, 2011, at ManorCare Health Services in Palos Heights, Illinois.