£50,000 in cash swiped from the hands of suspecting criminals all in the same area
A targeted operation focusing on Bootle and the surrounding area has led to the seizure of £50,000 in just four weeks
Around £10,000 in cash was seized by police during an operation in Bootle. Image: Merseyside Police
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West Clare woman becomes deputy Garda commissioner
February 9, 2021
By Fiona McGarry
A KILMURRY McMahon native has been appointed as one of two new deputy commissioners of An Garda Síochána.
Anne Marie McMahon was appointed to the role on an interim basis last March and, now that she had been formally appointed, makes history as one of the highest ranking female members of the force.
Ms McMahon joined the Gardai in 1986 and was stationed at Coolock Garda Station, Dublin and Henry Street in Limerick.
In the early ‘90s, she served with a United Nations mission in Cambodia and in 1995 was promoted to sergeant and instructor at the Student Probationer School, Garda College. Between 1997 and 2002, she served as Operational /Community Policing Sergeant in Henry Street District.
February 8, 2021 at 6:34 am
Police Chief Paul Ferreira has announced two promotions to the rank of Assistant Chief.
According to a press release from The Hawaiiʻi Police Department, effective February 1, 2021, Chad Basque, a 30-year veteran of the department, now commands the Area II Field Operations Bureau, encompassing the department’s west Hawai‘i districts. Basque’s former assignments were as a patrol officer in the North Kohala and Kona districts, Kona Community Policing Officer, Patrol Sergeant and Community Policing Sergeant in Kona, Kona Patrol Lieutenant, Ka‘u and Kona Districts Patrol Captain, the Area II Criminal Investigation Division Captain, previously holding the Area II Field Operations Bureau Major and subsequent Acting Assistant Chief positions.
Tim Shelley / WCBU
Peoria Police Chief Loren Marion III announced earlier this week that he will retire on Jan. 22, capping a 26-year career with the Peoria Police Department and nearly three years as its leader. Marion recently reflected on his tenure with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon.
Joe Deacon: What prompted your decision to retire at this time?
Chief Loren Marion: So, I have 26 years on, and this is something that my wife and I had talked about previously and we talked about it again in January. It was like, “Well, let’s see how this year looks, you know, and see what happens during the year.”