Tuesday, June 30, 2009
CMU names new police chief
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich., June 30 -- Central Michigan University has named William E. Yeagley, director of public safety for the city of Mount Pleasant, to be its new police chief. Yeagley was selected following a national search.
David Burdette, CMU's vice president for finance and administrative services, said the search was extremely competitive, with three highly qualified applicants being brought to campus for interviews.
“I am very pleased that Bill Yeagley has agreed to join the CMU leadership team as our new police chief,” said Burdette. “He brings a vast amount of law enforcement experience, but even more than that, he brings a positive can-do spirit, a cooperative philosophy of public safety for our broader Mount Pleasant community, and a demonstrated respect for all individuals.”
Yeagley has 31 years experience in law enforcement, the majority of that with the city of Mount Pleasant where he served as the director of public safety for the past 10 years. He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Ferris State University and is a graduate of the FBI academy in Quantico, Va.
“It is a privilege to be selected as CMU's next chief of police,” said Yeagley. “I will use my experiences learned from previous employment to help the CMU Police Department continue to grow into one of the finest university police departments in the nation. I look forward to working with members of the CMU police force and the university community to accomplish this goal.”
Yeagley will assume his new duties at CMU August 17 with an annual salary of $105,000 and a recruitment bonus of $5,000. He replaces Stan Dinius who will retire August 31.
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