At 9 a.m. today, John Cotton was officially appointed Interim Chief of the Ashfield Police Department during an open meeting of the Selectboard. Present at the meeting were Dave DeHerdt and, by telephone conference, Ted Murray.
The Selectboard also formally accepted the resignation of Officer Joseph Cliche from the Ashfield Police Department.
Later in the morning, the new Interim Chief was officially sworn in by Town Clerk and Administrator Mary Ellen Cranston.
Cotton is retired from his position as Police Chief in Williamsburg. While there, he won a Hometown Hero Award from the Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was honored for creating an Emergency Management Operations Center after the December 2008 ice storm.
His appointment starts today and runs through June.
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Welcome aboard Chief Cotton. I hope your position in Ashfield is a productive one. I feel we really need your help at this time and perhaps the town can move on to other issues as you proceed as Interim Chief and handle the dwindling department.
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