Chatham-Kent didn’t have to look far to find a replacement for retiring Chief Dennis Poole, as his deputy chief, Gary Conn, will take over.
Poole is calling it quits after three and a half decades of working to keep the peace in first Chatham and later Chatham-Kent.
He began his career with the Chatham Police Force in 1980.
Poole worked his way up the local policing ranks, reaching what he thought was his dream job as a detective with the Chatham service. But he said when the amalgamated police service came into effect in 1998, then-chief John Kopinak approached him to do more.
He became deputy chief when Carl Herder took over for Kopinak, and took over as chief in 2009.
His last day will be April 24.
Conn will take over May 22.
