Photo: Michael Schumacher, AP
Police Chief Ed Drain
speaks during a news conference as city manager Terry Childers looks on,
Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 at City Hall in Amarillo, Texas. Chief Ed Drain
will drop the interim title in October. The ex-assistant police chief in
Plano in June became interim police chief in Amarillo following the
retirement of Chief Robert Taylor. (Michael Schumacher/The Amarillo
Globe News via AP)
AMARILLO,
Texas (AP) — The interim police chief in Amarillo has accepted the
permanent job even though he never applied for the position.
Chief Ed Drain
will drop the interim title in October. The ex-assistant police chief
in Plano in June became interim police chief in Amarillo following the
retirement of Chief Robert Taylor.
Interim City Manager Terry Childers on Monday announced Drain agreed to be police chief.
City
officials in August hired KRW Associates to help find a new Amarillo
police chief. The consulting firm, with a more than $28,000 contract,
helped with the process that attracted 22 applicants.
Childers
says only a few met the minimum requirements and none had the level of
quality or experience shown by Drain. Childers says he never interviewed
any applicants and instead offered Drain the job.
Source: Houston Chronicle
