TOLEDO, Ohio — Interim Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle is one of six department members who applied for the job of chief.
Twenty-eight people from a dozen states applied for the job, according to search firm Ralph Andersen & Associates. The firm was hired last year to identify and evaluate candidates.
Monday was the deadline to apply. Former Chief George Kral retired last month.
The other five Toledo police officers who applied are:
- Kevin Braun, Captain, investigations Bureau commander.
- Ronald Frederick, Captain, Intelligence & Special Investigations.
- Robert Furr, Lieutenant.
- Bryan Hollingsworth, Captain, Internal Affairs commander.
- David Mueller, Deputy Chief, Investigative Services Division commander.
Other candidates from outside the department:
- John Altman, Ohio State Highway Patrol, training, recruitment and diversity commander, Columbus, Ohio.
- Tonya Chapman, former Portsmouth city manager, Portsmouth, Va.
- Richard Ciganek, Winnebago County chief deputy sheriff, Rockford, Ill.
- Lisa Davis, assistant Cincinnati police chief, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Scott Ebner, former New Jersey State Police lieutenant colonel, West Trenton, N.J.
- William Grundy, Watervliet police chief, Watervliet, N.Y.
- Archie Hamilton, deputy Wyandotte police chief, Wyandotte, Mich.
- Christopher Hassig, Houston commander of police, Houston, Texas.
- James Hughes, former Maricopa police chief, Maricopa, Ariz.
- Keith Humphrey, former Little Rock police chief, Little Rock, Ark.
- Christopher Iacone, New Straitsville police chief, New Straitsville, Ohio.
- Rudolph Johnson, assistant Allendale police chief, Allendale S.C.
- Ryan Lee, former Boise police chief, Boise, Idaho.
- Matthew Mahoney, former Cleveland police sergeant, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Douglas Miller, Lakeland Community College police academy instructor, Kirtland, Ohio.
- Marcus Overton, U.S. Department of Defense police offer, Washington, D.C.
- Shalana Satterwhite, deputy chief of SIA Police Led Security, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Daniel Shook, Bay City fire marshal, Bay City, Texas.
- Constance Slappey, assistant Inkster police chief, Inkster, Mich.
- David Taylor, former assistant D.C. Housing Authority police chief, Washington, D.C.
- Tyrine Wheatley, Detroit police lieutenant, Detroit, Mich.
- Dwayne Wheeler, Taylor police chief, Taylorville, Ill.
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz has stated he would like a new chief in place by March and said the process is on track to accomplish that goal.
"I think we have a good mix of people who've applied," he said. "A lot of great internal candidates, people who currently serve in the Toledo Police department, but also we got a lot of national interest. We're going to work with the firm that we engaged with to help narrow the list down."
Kapszukiewicz said the city is looking at 14 or 15 candidates as some who applied do not meet the experience or education requirements.
"At the end of the day, the permanent chief could be Chief Troendle or one of the other internal applicants, and if that's how it turns out, it would be wonderful and benefit the city of Toledo," the mayor said. "But it was still valuable to go through the process of seeking national input."
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