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Associated Press - December 2, 2009 2:55 PM ET
SPRING LAKE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina town will soon have a new police chief after about six months without a permanent one.
Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that Red Springs police Chief Troy McDuffie will be named the new chief in Spring Lake. He will be introduced to the town Thursday at a news conference and is scheduled to take command Dec. 14.
The department has been unable to make arrests or obtain warrants since earlier this year, when a Cumberland County judge effectively stripped the town of those powers. That came after a State Bureau of Investigation probe led to the arrest of 2 supervising officers.
Former chief A.C. Brown resigned following the arrests in May. Former Chapel Hill police Chief Gregg Jarvies served as interim chief until early November.
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