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County Executive Matt Meyer announced Tuesday he was nominating current New Castle County Chief of Police Vaughn Bond for the position of New Castle County Public Safety Director.
“This is a great day for the public safety of our communities and for the long-term future of our fine police department,” said Meyer. “Col. Bond will go down in history as a trailblazer for this department and for this county. He made courageous decisions to invest in community policing and mental health and substance use treatment before it became popular to do so. Col. Bond has also shown unprecedented commitment to diversity in his leadership team.”
Bond, who was the first Black police chief for New Castle County and promoted the department’s first female Lieutenant Colonel Wendi Freeser, would oversee the Divisions of Police, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Communications, and the Office of Emergency Management while collaborating with the fire service in his new position…
