The Progress-Index
PETERSBURG – After 32 years as an officer for the Petersburg Bureau of Police, people are finally calling Emanuel Chambliss “Chief.”
The Petersburg native was recently promoted to Deputy Chief of Police after having served a number of roles in the department, most recently as a Captain. He’s still getting used to the title change.
“I never imagined getting to the level that I’m at now. It’s strange hearing people call me Chief,” Chambliss said.
From a young age growing up in the city, Chambliss always wanted to become a police officer. It all began while watching westerns and police shows alongside his grandfather in the living room. Then at the age of 15, he joined the Police Explorers program alongside two childhood friends that lived on his street.
Look how these creative schoolchildren paid homage to their patron saint SCHOOLCHILDREN celebrated their patron saint with a socially-distanced service. Due to Covid, St George’s Primary School, in Great Bromley, was unable to host its traditional St George’s Day assembly. However, instead it held its own celebration outside in the playground. Pupils spent the week flexing their creative writing muscles and paying homage to the school’s namesake through writing poems, stories and art.
Story-telling - Class 4 pupils Tulip Wiseman and Mathew Tayman help headteacher Rebecca Keitch explain the meaning behind the St George s cross These were then presented to each other from within their class bubbles.