New man in charge of Columbus Police Department
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) – Columbus has a new police chief.
The city council voted 3-2 this week to name current Waynesboro Police Chief Oscar Lewis III as the new chief of the Columbus Police Department. The council chose Lewis over the other finalists, Moss Point Police Chief Arthur McClung and CPD Interim Chief Fred Shelton.
The Commercial Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1ZCBwJb ) reports the 46-year-old Lewis previously spent 20 years with CPD, starting as a patrolman and worked up through the ranks. Later duties included narcotics agent, citizen police academy coordinator, internal affairs investigator and, most recently, a patrol shift commander.
He started working as Waynesboro Police Chief in April 2014.
During his interview Tuesday, Lewis said his first task as chief would be working to heal the divide between the police and the community.
