Friday, November 30, 2012
Police Chief Mikel Hollaway is retiring Nov. 30 to start a transition period for the new police chief.
Police Chief Mikel Hollaway will start his retirement tomorrow when Capt. Paul Sutton will take over as acting police chief for the next month. City Manager Tom Barwin announced the move Friday to start a transition period for the Sarasota Police Department's preparation for Police Chief Bernadette DiPino to start Jan. 1. Hollaway was the city's first black police chief, along with other top ranks at the department, and gives way to the city's first female police chief. Sutton will also organize a City Manager's City-County Homeless Advisory Task Force in the wake of this week's news about continued police behavioral issues with the homeless. Sutton also serves as the department's public information officer, working with the media and …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Ocean City Md. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino will replace Police Chief Mikel Hollaway who is set to retire in January.
Updated 5:15 p.m. Oct. 16 Sarasota welcomes its first-ever police chief today with the hiring of Ocean City (Md.) Police Chief Bernadette DiPino. DiPino applied after opting to retire from the Ocean City Police Department through the department's Deferred Retirement Option, which is the same option Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway chose, scheduling his retirement for January. Hollaway was originally scheduled to retire at the end of October, but agreed to delay his retirement for the transition. "I will do everything I can to make your experience living or working or visiting Sarasota a positive one," DiPino said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference announcing her hiring at City Hall. DiPino's first day on the job for the 110-year-…
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Community open house with the five Sarasota police chief candidates set for Friday at the Van Wezel.
Get to know the five Sarasota police chief candidates at a reception Friday. But before you do, here's a snapshot of the backgrounds of each candidate below. The reception is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall's Grand Foyer. The public can mingle and talk with the candidates in an informal setting. The candidates are: Anderson has applied for other positions outside of Oak Forest and was passed over, Oak Forest Patch reported. He applied for a chief position in Champaign, Ill., but didn't get the job after becoming one of four finalists, Oak Forest Patch reported. He also applied to another position in Denton, Texas, in 2011, but was eliminated in the final round. Anderson has been on the job in …
Friday, September 14, 2012
A search to replace retiring Police Chief Mikel Hollaway has returned two candidates from Florida and three out of state candidates.
Sarasota officials are set to interview five candiates for the police chief post in early October to replace retiring chief Mikel Hollaway. The city announced Friday morning five semifinalists who will be invited to come to Sarasota for interviews with City Manager Tom Barwin, one-on-one interviews with the commission, public vetting and a community forum. The candidates are: Barwin called the candidates "impressive." “Each one has the critical skill sets required to strengthen and improve trust between the community and our police department. Now we need to spend some time with each candidate and determine the best fit for the challenges and opportunities ahead," Barwin said. "I’m looking forward to selecting someone with strong …
ROGER SPEAKS
9:05 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
As just about in every community, there is serious corruption to deal with, speaking to one of the new officers , I said that I hoped he would be one of the good ones , which there are many good officers, and don't they wish that somebody would do something about the bad ones, folllow the LAW and not shade to fit the politics . Speaking to this new officer , he told me that all of the police were… more ›