Russell Griffin began his law enforcement career with the Stafford Township Police Department, and he apparently wants to finish it in Stafford.

“This is a great law enforcement agency, and I love it,” said Griffin, who on May 26 was voted by the township council to be the next chief once James Haldenwang retires at the end of the month. “I became a police officer at 29 years old, and I already had figured out the person I was and wanted to be.