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Capt. Troy Bires named deputy police chief
Other personnel changes announced
ELLSWORTH City Manager Glenn Moshier, who also acts as police chief, announced the promotion of Capt. Troy Bires to deputy police chief on the Ellsworth Police Department Facebook page April 22, along with several other promotions, reassignments and hires. The restructuring follows Moshier accepting the city manager position in January.
“We have had some movement in the ranks,” Moshier said, naming Sgt. Shawn Willey’s promotion to captain, Officer John Stanley as the department’s K-9 handler and Officer Robert Angelo’s promotion to corporal and night-shift supervisor. In addition, Cpl. Shawn Merchant is the new school resource officer. Recent hires include Angelo and officers James Hassard, McKay McLean and Zackery Kline. In addition, “Agent,” an 11-month-old Labrador retriever, has joined the department as its new canine officer.
Harassment claims under investigation
ELLSWORTH Officers fielded a number of recent harassment complaints from local residents. They issued a cease harassment order in one case on March 6 and warned two people not to return to an Ellsworth property in another incident on March 8.
Additional complaints came in on March 2, where a report of phone harassment was addressed with no charges, and on March 3, in which the alleged harassment was documented in the event of further problems.
On March 4, a phone harassment complaint from a local woman was traced to the father of her child. The man lives in Massachusetts, complicating the issue, Officer Robert Angelo noted. The man agreed to stop the phone calls.