Community gets chance to meet police chief candidates

QUINCY — The community had an opportunity Friday to hear directly from the three final candidates in the running to head up the Quincy Police Department. The city’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners held a public debate-style meeting with the candidates in the City Hall’s council chambers, with Great River Honor Flight chairman Carlos Fernandez acting as moderator, asking the three candidates a series of prepared questions. The candidates are: Wendell Watts, who recently left the Jackson, Mississippi Police Department as assistant chief; Steve Hebbe, currently the chief of police in Farmington, New Mexico; and Mike Dobis, the current chief ranger for the Tennessee State Parks. After opening comments were each candidate laid out their personal and professional histories, Fernandez presented a variety of questions ranging from what the first 90 days of each tenure would look like to the importance of community policing.

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