Crime & Safety

Police Chief Search: Finalists to be Interviewed Tonight

Selectmen will interview three finalists for the permanent police chief position.

The months-long search may come to an end tonight. Selectmen will interview the three finalists for the role of permanent police chief at Town Hall this evening, and they may make a selection at that time.

The three finalists are Interim Police Chief Paul Gallagher, Sgt. Charles Gray and Sgt. Michael Davis.

Gallagher, 59, was appointed interim police chief after Chief Richard Stanley

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Gallagher joined the North Andover Police Department in 1977 and served as commander of the Criminal Investigations/School Safety Division for the past 23 years before being appointed interim chief.


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