Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll announces finalists for police chief
Four finalists to meet with diverse community stakeholder group
Wicked Local
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll has made public the names of four finalists vying to be the city s next police chief.
The city kicked off the search for the next police chief last month. In early December, the Salem City Council OK’d a $30,000 request from Driscoll to fund what she has described as an intensive and robust assessment center for evaluating candidates.
“As a diagnostic tool, it can evaluate the knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics of candidates,” wrote Driscoll in a Dec. 3 cover letter to her funding request. “Candidates engage in a program of activities and simulations correlated to tasks that they would be expected to carry out as a successful chief.”
Vehicle hits, kills North Andover pedestrian
A 65-year-old North Andover man was killed Sunday evening when he was struck by a vehicle on Chickering Road.
At just after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, several people called 911 after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near 531 Chickering Road, according to North Andover Police Lt. Eric Foulds.
“Responding officers, along with North Andover Fire Department personnel and Lawrence General Hospital paramedics, attempted to treat the pedestrian for his injuries, but he did not survive and was pronounced deceased,” Foulds wrote in a statement Monday morning. “The deceased is a 64 year old man from North Andover. His identity is not being released at this time.”