SOUTHWICK – On Nov.9, the Southwick Select Board posted an internal application for the next Chief of Police. This application notice is due to the pending June 2018 retirement of current Chief David Ricardi.
The application was open to officers in the Southwick Police Department to apply from Oct. 27 to Nov. 17. The applicants needed to have at least 12 years of law enforcement experience and at least five years of supervisor experience.
The Select Board interviewed four internal candidates for the next Chief of Police on December 12. (WNG File Photo)
Then, on Nov.28, the four internal candidates for Chief of Police were revealed and they were, Lt. Kevin Bishop, Sgt. Kirk Sanders, Detective Sgt. Robert Landis, and Sgt. Rhett Bannish.
On December 12, the Select Board interviewed the four internal candidates and asked them 12 questions. Sanders was the last of the four candidates to interview and at that time informed the Select Board that he was withdrawing his name from the process.
Select Board Clerk Russ Fox felt that he needed more time to make a decision on the next Chief of Police so the board decided to postpone the decision to their next meeting on December 18.
Select Board Clerk Fox wasn’t able to make the December 18 meeting, therefore Moglin made the decision to once again postpone the decision until the next Select Board meeting on January 3 at 5:15 p.m.
