Gammon started as patrol deputy and spent 22 years in upper management command positions, including chief deputy.
âI feel like my entire career has led up to this moment,â Gammon said in a news release. âI have a passion for law enforcement and for our community here in Rutherford County. As your sheriff I will work to keep our county safe, get drugs off our streets and out of our schools, and run an efficient and clean department.â
Gammon served in the Army and the Tennessee National Guard. Most of his time in the service was spent with Military Police. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., and has completed multiple specialized schools in various areas of law enforcement.
Updates with Fitzhugh decision.
Republican Virgil Gammon, a 38-year veteran of the Rutherford County Sheriffâs Department, announced last Thursday that he is running for sheriff in the Republican primary next May.
Gammon started as patrol deputy and spent 22 years in upper management command positions, including chief deputy. Current Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh confirmed to the Murfreesboro Post in an email last Friday morning that he will run for re-election. Fitzhugh is also a Republican and was elected sheriff in 2018.
âI feel like my entire career has led up to this moment,â Gammon said in a news release. âI have a passion for law enforcement and for our community here in Rutherford County. As your sheriff I will work to keep our county safe, get drugs off our streets and out of our schools, and run an efficient and clean department.â
Wanamaker, gregarious and personable, said he s confident he can lead the department after three-plus years as captain and 33 years on Rockland County s largest police force. He s held most positions, from patrol officer and detective to honor guard and overseeing specialty units. He s paid 263,483 as captain. McCullagh retired with a salary of $292,228.
Following in footsteps I think of our family legacy, as opposed to personal ego, Wanamaker said, sitting at the chief s desk at police headquarters. It s an honor, but a lot of responsibility.
Wanamaker said he looks to the examples set by his father, who died June 1, 2019, and grandfather. Homer Wanamaker became an officer in 1955, rising through the ranks to become chief in 1992 and retiring in 1997. Roy Wanamaker was a one-person police department for years in Upper Nyack.
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Tony Best was appointed to Palos Verdes Estates Chief of Police, city officials announced this week. (Courtesy of the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department)
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA Palos Verdes Estates appointed Tony Best as the new Chief of Police, city officials announced Wednesday.
Best has more than 25 years of service with the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department and has served as the Acting Chief since November 2020. The City is eager to have him serve as a permanent leader, officials announced.
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Best started his career with the city as a dispatcher and jailer. He s served in almost every capacity, including police officer, motorcycle officer, canine officer, corporal, field training officer, sergeant and captain.
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Abuja, April 9, 2021 The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved the re-appointment of Mr Frank Mba as the Force Public Relations Officer.
The I-G also approved the posting of Mr Hafiz Inuwa, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), as the Force Secretary and Mr Idowu Owohunwa, as the Principal Staff Officer (PSO).
Mba announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, the new force secretary takes over from Mr Mustapha Dandaura, an AIG who had been redeployed to Zone-7 Police Headquarters, Abuja.
“Inuwa holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) Prior to his appointment, he was the AIG in charge of Zone-13, Anambra.