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Council Confirms Coleman as New Police Chief

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Rebecca Coleman is Jackson's new chief of police.

In a 5-to-1 vote today, the Jackson City Council confirmed Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s candidate for Jackson police chief, Rebecca Coleman. Ward 1 Councilman Jeff Weill was the lone dissenting vote; Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes was absent.

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152767
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Good. Tyrone did a great job in the interim, but the Mayor gets to pick his Chief. Harvey is no fool and likely made a very good selection. Unlike Frank, he doesn't want to be the Chief of Police, too. Weill needs to get real and stop acting like an alien less he soon become alienated. Kenny had something else very important to do.

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Walt
Date
2009-10-20T16:34:14-06:00
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152770
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I don't get the feeling that she will, but I hope that Chief Coleman doesn't become just a permission slip writer for the mayor like a previous female chief.

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golden eagle
Date
2009-10-20T17:55:41-06:00
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152777
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I don't believe that Mayor Johnson would put Chief Coleman in that position to be a "permission slip writer." I know that he has more respect for the position than that.

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GratefulJTE
Date
2009-10-21T10:41:44-06:00
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152778
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So... what do we know about this new Chief?

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Ironghost
Date
2009-10-21T10:44:28-06:00

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