Ray Tarasovic, former
Chief of Staff to Police Chief Rodney Monroe, has been named new Police Chief of
Richmond, VA by Mayor Dwight Jones.
Mayor Jones commented
on the surprise replacement as Police Chief and public outcry that the Mayor
should have conducted a public process: “To
assume that we have to have a meeting to find out what public opinion is is a misnomer
(sic).”
Mayor Dwight Jones
chose Tarasovic with no public input whatsoever. Tarasovic admitted to conversations taking
place over a month. The Mayor’s office
did not offer any other names under consideration. Mayor Dwight Jones said he “had been speaking
with faith leaders and felt that was good enough.” See WRIC’s video of
a press conference and the rest of their report.
Operating behind
closed doors with autocratic decisions based in a small, “faith leader” cliques...
He was the Assistant Chief to Chief Monroe in
Richmond before Monroe came to Charlotte.
But you wouldn’t know that if you checked his “Linked In” page of job
history:
Ray Tarasovic
Consultant
Location
Richmond, Virginia Area
Industry
Public Safety
Ray Tarasovic's Overview
Current
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Retired at N/A
Past
·
Assistant Chief of Police at Richmond
Police Department
Ray Tarasovic's Experience
Retired
N/A
May 2010 – Present (2 years 10 months)
Assistant Chief of Police
Richmond Police Department
2005 – 2008 (3 years)
Contact Ray for:
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consulting offers
·
expertise requests
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reference requests
·
getting back in touch
Whoops!
What happened to “2008 – 2010, Chief of Staff to
Police Chief Rodney Monroe, Charlotte, NC?”
Maybe he’s not as good at “getting back in touch”
as the LinkedIn overview suggests. Or is
he really unhappy with his experience in Charlotte under Monroe?
Surely the citizens of Charlotte wish all the best
to the citizens of Richmond moving forward with their new police leader, even
if the announcement has been a complete shock to most of them.
