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August 15, 2012

Candidates for top cop named

The finalists in Gloucester’s police chief search come from as far as Anchorage, Alaska, and as close as Main Street in Gloucester.

Gloucester’s Police Chief Search Committee has selected four finalists in it’s search for a new police chief, said City Councilor Paul McGeary, a search committee member.

The candidates are:

Kathy Auld, a longtime member of the Gloucester Police Department and its lieutenant in charge the detective division.

Stephen Smit

h, deputy chief of administration for Anchorage’s Police Department.

Leonard Campanello, assistant chief of police in Saugus.

Kenneth Berg, lieutenant commander of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police, and a Marblehead resident.

The finalists that make it out of this weekend’s assessment center will be interviewed on Sunday at 9 a.m in Kyrouz Auditorim of City Hall, Geary said.

Steven Fletcher can be reached at 978-283-7000, x3455, or at sfletcher@gloucestertimes.com. Follow him on Twitter @StevenGDT

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