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Brentwood picks veteran cop Walter O’Grodnick as new police chief
Brentwood has named a longtime cop as its next police chief after he served as interim chief for nearly 10 months, city officials announced this week. Capt. Walter O’Grodnick, a 28-year veteran of the Brentwood Police Department with more than 32 years in law enforcement, will officially become the city’s 13th police chief on July […] The post Brentwood picks veteran cop Walter O’Grodnick as new police chief appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Brentwood has named a longtime cop as its next police chief after he served as interim chief for nearly 10 months, city officials announced this week. Capt. Walter O’Grodnick, a 28-year veteran of the Brentwood Police Department with more than 32 years in law enforcement, will officially become the city’s 13th police chief on July […] The post Brentwood picks veteran cop Walter O’Grodnick as new police chief appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked source, Brentwood picks veteran cop Walter O’Grodnick as new police chief, Brentwood has named a longtime cop as its next police chief after he served as interim chief for nearly 10 months, city officials announced this week. Capt. Walter O’Grodnick, a 28-year veteran of the Brentwood Police Department with more than 32 years in law enforcement, will officially become the city’s 13th police chief on July […] The post Brentwood picks veteran cop Walter O’Grodnick as new police chief appeared first on Local News Matters .
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