Schenectady is officially seeking an interim police chief.
The electric city hasn't had a police chief at the head of the 139-officer force since the end of October when Brian Kilcullen retired to take over the force in Rutland, Vt. Mayor Gary McCarthy tells the Daily Gazette he's planning to interview eligible candidates for chief along with Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett to make an interim appointment “sometime in the near future.” He adds he's not in any rush. A civil service exam for the position of chief is to be given in March. Bennett says the open competitive exam would be available for officers in adjacent counties — Albany, Saratoga, Montgomery and Schoharie. McCarthy has expressed hope the next chief would live in the city, but that's not written in stone.
