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Glendale Selects Familiar Face For New Police Chief

Rick St. Johns
(Photo courtesy of Glendale Police Department)
Rick St. Johns

Glendale has announced its new police chief and they are already familiar with the force. 

The city of Glendale has removed the word “interim” before new police Chief Rick St. Johns title. St. Johns has been serving as the city’s interim police chief since Debora Black retired in July. 

St. Johns has served for more than two decades with the Glendale Police Department. He started his career as a patrol officer and was part of Glendale’s first neighborhood response unit and the first domestic violence unit. 

 

Katherine Fritcke was a morning producer at KJZZ from 2015 to 2017.