St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph will be looking for a new police chief, soon.Chief Chris Connally retires at the end of this week. Commander Dave Hart takes over on an interim basis.City Manager Bryan Carter says the search for Connally's replacement hasn't started yet."Police Chief is one of the highest profile, if not the highest profile, position in the community," Carter says. "So, it's something that's going to be important. We're going to have a lot of feedback on that selection process as it goes forward."Carter says he will not rush the search to replace Connally, who has served as chief since 2006."Chief Connally has been at it for nearly 17 years," Carter says. "So, it's a decade-and-a-half of big shoes to fill. Certainly wishing him the best as he goes on, but hate losing him."Carter points out Connally even helped out during times the city looked fo
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St. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph will be looking for a new police chief.Chief Chris Connally has announced he will retire at the end of the month, bringing to a close 38 years in law enforcement. Connally, who came to St. Joseph in 2006, says as he looks back on his tenure here, he's most proud of how St. Joseph police officers and citizens have come together to solve problems."It's really a collective thing. It's not any one thing. It's all these relationships and things that come together in our city," Connally tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.Connally served as interim city manager twice during his tenure with the city.As for the search for his replacement, it begins soon according to City Manager Bryan Carter who says the announcement didn't come as a surprise."Chief Connally's been talking about retirement for a few months now," Carter tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "We just had