Thursday, December 13, 2012
Randall McKinley will start Jan. 21.
St. Charles has hired a new police chief from Bloomington, IL. Randy McKinley, current police chief in Bloomington, will start with the city Jan. 21. The city council approved Mayor Sally Faith's appointment of McKinley on Tuesday. McKinley has been with the Bloomington Police Department for 29 years, according to a press release from the city. He served as police chief for the past four years. The city also considered Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce, on loan from St. Louis County Police Department and Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine. More than 45 people applied for the position, which was vacated in April by Dennis Corley. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the vote for McKinley was not unanimous among members of the …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Committee brought in three candidates for interviews and tours of the city, including current Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce.
The search for a new police chief for St. Charles has narrowed to three candidates and is expected to wrap up before the end of the year. Final candidates include Larry Stulce, who is serving as interim police chief for St. Charles, Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine and Bloomington Police Chief Randall McKinley. More than 45 people applied for the position, which was vacated in April. "We've got three good candidates and the committee is meeting and we're evaluating and doing some normal HR processes and getting on with it," said Mayor Sally Faith. The city brought in the candidates for tours and interviews during the past two weeks. The search committee includes St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer, Tom Hughes, a St. Charles County …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Mayor also asks Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce to evaluate possible return to the St. Charles County SWAT program. The city restarted its own SWAT team in 2011.
Interim Police Chief Larry Stulce will spend the next few months evaluating the Police Department's organization and consider a possible return to participating in the St. Charles County's SWAT team. Stulce was hired in May for a six-month period while the city conducts a search for a replacement police chief. However, Faith has asked Stulce to examine whether a two-district policing model is the best organization for the city and to examine a return to the county SWAT program. "His experience in St. Louis and St. Louis County is certainly very valuable and he'll bring that experience to look at this," she said. "It's information gathering." Faith said Stulce is examining a range of issues, some of which were concerns raised by police …
David C. Couper
2:18 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
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