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Taylorsville, Ogden welcome new police chiefs
Brady Cottam will lead Taylorsville’s newly formed department, while Eric Young takes over as chief of the Ogden Police Department in the city where he was raised
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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
OGDEN Two Utah cities will start the new year with new leadership in their police departments.
Both Ogden and Taylorsville introduced new police chiefs on Tuesday.
In Ogden, city officials chose a native son in Eric Young to replace retiring Chief Randy Watt.
“I am honored and humbled to be selected by Mayor Mike Caldwell to serve as the next police chief for the city,” Young said at a press conference Tuesday. “I spent my entire life interwoven in the fabric of Ogden.