PHOTO: Mountain Home assistant police chief Chester “Bubba” Jones (left) and chief of police Eddie Giffin.
Mountain Home Police officer Chester “Bubba” Jones has been named the department’s new assistant chief, the City of Mountain Home announced Tuesday afternoon. He will succeed former assistant chief Eddie Griffin, who was named chief of police on April 7.
Jones has been with the Mountain Home Police Department for 23 years.
Griffin tells KTLO News what made Jones an ideal fit for the assistant chief’s position:
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