LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Henderson’s metropolis supervisor has named a brand new performing police chief, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Captain Anthony Branchini replaces Itzhak Henn, who introduced his upcoming retirement. Each Branchini and Henn change outgoing police chief Hollie Chadwick, who parted methods with the town in March after the town supervisor gave her a resign-or-be-fired ultimatum. Chadwick, who had been chief since Might 2023, selected to not resign.
“I am pleased to announce Captain Branchini will serve as Acting Chief until the new Chief is in place,” Stephane Garcia-Vause, Henderson’s Metropolis Supervisor, mentioned in a memo to the Henderson Police Division and obtained by the by 8 Information Now Investigators Thursday. “Selecting a Captain ensures the recruitment process for the Chief remains fair and equitable, given that the Deputy Chiefs are eligible to apply.”
Henn was a Deputy Chief earlier than he ascended to the position of performing chief. Henn didn’t reply to a number of requests for an interview when he introduced his retirement in April.
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Each Henn and Branchini have 26 years of service with HPD, Garcia-Vause’s memo mentioned.
The seek for Chadwick’s alternative as a everlasting chief of police stays ongoing.
Garcia Vause dodged questions with regard to Chadwick’s firing from the 8 Information Now Investigators throughout an impromptu interview in March.
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However in a subsequent interview, she held a number of press conferences, indicating a want to maneuver ahead.
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“What we’re right here to speak about is de facto the recruitment course of,” she mentioned. “And I’m not going to be talking about personnel matters.”
The subsequent police chief would be the tenth in 25 years.
