A familiar face to many around downtown, the Long Beach Police Department's former South Division commander, Jay Johnson, took the reigns Wednesday of the Newport Police Department. From the Daily Pilot:
Twenty-five years ago, Jay Johnson applied to be an officer at three police departments: Long Beach, Irvine and Newport Beach.Read the rest of the story here.
By the time Newport called him back for an interview, he already had a job offer from Long Beach. He took it. He stayed there and climbed the ranks.
On Wednesday Johnson, 45, returned to Newport Beach -- this time to be sworn in as chief of police.
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