Meet Jimmie S. Wideman Jr., the newest top cop for the Hampton Police Division. He was raised in Hampton since the fourth grade, began as a firefighter when he was 18 and became a city police officer six years after that.
Hampton City Manager Mary Bunting plans to appoint Deputy Chief Orrin Gallop as the city’s interim police chief until someone can be found to replace Mark Talbot, who is resigning from the position later this week.
Hampton City Manager Mary Bunting plans to appoint Deputy Chief Orrin Gallop as the city’s interim police chief until someone can be found to replace Mark Talbot, who is resigning from the position later this week.
Talbot, who has led the Hampton Police Division for less than two years, was serving as one of four members of Norfolk’s search committee when Norfolk City Manager Chip Filer offered him the job leading the Norfolk Police Department.