The Crestwood Police Department is now accredited following four years of work toward that goal and a final assessment in March. The Crestwood force earned its accreditation through the Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable Foundation. At the videoconferenced Board of Aldermen meeting April 13, representatives from the foundation officially presented the department with its accreditation. “This.
Williams is taking the helm from retiring Chief of Police Ron Compton.
The new chief, whose first day with the department was in January, was unanimously appointed to the position of police chief by the Board of Aldermen at the end of last year, and was hired with a starting salary of $97,500.
“I was really looking for a professional police department that I can be proud to be chief of. I was familiar with Crestwood, having grown up next to it. I spent many Friday and Saturday nights at the Crestwood mall,” Williams said of his decision to apply in Crestwood. “I knew the history here was kind of to hire from inside, but I will always be grateful that I was given the opportunity. It is everything I’ve been looking for in a police department. A great community. A great set of officers.”
The Springfield Police Department announced two members of their staff leadership have completed the Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable Foundation (MPCCF) Command College.
Lieutenant Tonya Price and Lieutenant Mark Foos completed the seven-moth program aimed at providing training for future law enforcement supervisors, commanders, police chiefs, and sheriffs.
In addition to providing command-level training, the program allows Command College students to earn a master’s degree.
MPCCF is a non-profit group formed to provide assistance to law enforcement. A state-recognized and licensed group, the MPCCF aims to advance professionalism and quality of law enforcement.