Deputy Chief Scott Barnes will be stepping down in September of this year after a 30-year policing career.
He began his career in 1994 with the Wallaceburg Police Service and then transferred to St. Thomas in 1998 and was promoted to Inspector in 2028 and then to Deputy Chief in 2023.
The St. Thomas Police Services Board announced on the same day Staff Inspector Steve Bogart will be the incoming Deputy Chief.
Bogart has spent his entire 27-year policing career in St. Thomas.
He was promoted to Inspector in 2020 and Staff Inspector in 2023.
Bogart will assume the role of Deputy Chief in an acting capacity on June 1 and officially assume responsibilities on Sept. 1.
Written by Ian McCallum
