On Wednesday, the board interviewed Kelley and former Egremont Police Chief Erik Josephson, the two remaining finalists from a nationwide search that yielded 37 applications. Selectman John Duval, who placed Kelley s name in nomination on Thursday evening, said the difference for him was that Kelley reminded him of current Interim Police Chief Troy Bacon. We were very fortunate to hire Chief Bacon after a long search, and he fell right into place, in my opinion, Duval said. His personality, his leadership skills really meshed well with the department we have, which is a younger force than we had in the past.