Ashland’s new police chief is ready to serve
April 27, 2008 | Virginia News
As Ashland's new police chief, Doug Goodman plans to continue proactive traffic enforcement, bear down on drug crimes and keep plans for more youth activities in motion.
Town Manager Charles Hartgrove chose Goodman, who joined the department as a captain in August, to replace Tom Clark, who came out of retirement with the Henrico County Division of Police to serve as interim chief after Frederick Pleasants Jr. resigned in 2006. Clark will return to retirement June 30. Goodman takes the reins the next day.
Goodman, 36, came to the department from the Hanover County Sheriff's Office, where he worked for 14 years.
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