Jonathan Potter was sworn in as the Ship Bottom chief of police to thunderous applause May 25, both in person and online as the borough council meeting was a mixed media of attendance options.
Potter joined the borough police department in 2007 and has served with distinction in the more than dozen years since, according to the resolution officially naming him police chief. His promotion comes nearly a full year after the retirement of his predecessor, Paul Sharkey.
Sgt. Ed Williams was named and sworn in as the in-charge officer for the police department last June.
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