Gracia was hired in November after a short-termed chief resigned in 2019.
Gracia, 55, earned his bachelorâs and masterâs degrees at ETSU, and while the campus has changed a lot since then, he still feels his career has come full circle.
The new chief said having the campus less active â due to COVID â since he took office has given him the chance to reconfigure some aspects of the department.
âIt gave us an opportunity to restructure our department, identify our deficiencies and work on them,â he said. âIt gave us an opportunity to implement a new working shift.â
Now, instead of rotating nights and days, officers work straight shifts.
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