After months of research, Derek Bos will be the Juneau’s police chief.
The City’s Deputy Director Robert Barr said the announcement is the result of a competitive process.
The span style=”font-weight 400 ;”>”Lots of interviews and lots of time in person with him and us in one-on-one and with our community, which we got lots of positive comments from,”” He said. “We’re extremely satisfied with his experience and background and believe that he’ll be the perfect director. .”
The city chose three finalists for the job in August following the former chief Ed Mercer retired. A finalist Joshua Kingsbury from New Mexico has resigned. In two town halls in June, Juneau Police Department Lt. Krag Campbell and Bos spoke about their police philosophies and addressed questions from the audience.
Bos is the police chief of Eagle, Colorado. Bos said on Tuesday that his mission will be to connect the police department as well as the needs of the community.
The span style=”font-weight 400 ;”>”But even beyond that, i believe that the department is tired, and very exhausted. In the end, I believe it is important to breathe new life to the department and assisting those officers is paramount,” Bos said.
It is no secret that the Juneau Police Department has struggled with shortages of staff. The department in September recorded an average vacancy rate of 23.
The year 2022 was when Bos served as the police chief of Brush, Colorado where he was the head of an investigation that focused on 2 school officials. Administrators stored explicit photographs of a child to prove an investigation into sexting. Colorado news media were reporting back then that cases similar to these were uncommon. The charges were later dropped.
The city’s officials initially stated that they would make an announcement about the city’s chief in the middle of this month. Barr explained that this delay was due to the city had to verify the references.
The salary for the job is $164,361. Bos will begin in February. 1.
Campbell is the runner-up for the position Campbell has been with the department for a total of 22 years. Campbell could not be reached to discuss the matter on Tuesday.
