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Retired Longmeadow police chief appointed interim head of Hampden force
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
HAMPDEN Retired Longmeadow Police Chief Richard A. Marchese has been named interim police chief in Hampden.
Marchese, a director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, was appointed by the Select Board at the Thursday, Jan. 7 meeting via Zoom. He will serve until Thursday, April 1, or until a permanent police chief is selected and sworn in.
Marchese assumes the helm from longtime Hampden Police Chief Jeff Farnsworth, who recently resigned to take on a new role at the state Executive Office of Public Safety. Farnsworth has been with the department for more than three decades. He will stay on to help Marchese transition into the interim role until his last day, Saturday, Jan. 16.
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