And then there was one. The city’s candidate to fill the vacant deputy police chief position is finishing a series of pre-employment checks ahead of being formally offered the job as early as next month,

Officials with the Knoxville Police Department announced Monday the hiring of its new deputy chief. Joe McHale is set to replace retiring Deputy Chief Tony Willis. McHale spent the past six years as a senior research associate at the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.

Michael Miller and Agostino Micozzi rise to deputy chief rank and Erik Wells becomes a captain as Akron police retool for more community engagement.