Police-chief search group set to interview candidate
Coatesville’s interim police chief expresses interest in keeping job
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Interim Police Chief James Bell said he plans to seek the permanent position.
A meeting between Coatesville’s police-chief search committee and a top candidate will be held next week, City Manager Kirby A. Hudson said Monday night.
Speaking after the City Council...
Search for Coatesville police chief back in high gear
City manager says a promising candidate will be interviewed next week
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville City Manager Kirby Hudson (left) chats with City Council President David C. Collins outside City Hall on Tuesday.
Contrary to appearances, the City of Coatesville’s next permanent police chief may be just a few steps shy of selection.
City Manager Kirby Hudson said...
City Council not ready to tap trust fund – yet
Vote to withdraw $2.25 million fails 5-2, but will be revisited
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville City Councilmen Jeff LoPrinzi (left) and Jarrell Brazzle listen during discussion of the city’s dire financial straits.
A vote to tap Coatesville’s dwindling trust fund to meet expenses failed Monday night 5-2, and an effort to convince a former police-chief candidate...
Reconsideration plan for police chief falls short
City manager says only two council members submitted letters of support
Updated at 2:45 p.m. with quote from Councilman Jeff LoPrinzi
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
An effort to get Maj. John “Jack” W. Laufer III to change his mind about becoming Coatesville’s permanent police chief did not go as planned.
A plan to try and salvage a failed vote to hire a new police...
Coatesville’s worsening finances topic of meeting
Council members, residents criticize city’s wasteful spending
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
City Council members C. Arvilla Hunt (from left), David C. Collins and Joseph Hamrick are among those who have condemned the city’s wasteful spending.
Questions outnumbered answers at last night’s City Council meeting – itself a source of confusion.
Although the session...
Attorney: Police predicted sabotage of chief’s selection
Opinions vary as to how process will continue with dwindling candidates
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Councilwoman C. Arvilla Hunt confers with Councilman Jarrell Brazzle during Monday night’s controversial meeting.
The attorney representing the Coatesville Police Benevolent Association said today that members of the department predicted that the search committee’s...
