The town of Elizabethtown has named Tony Parrish to serve as police chief.
Parrish replaces Chief Bobby Kinlaw who retired after serving 34 years with the Elizabethtown Police Department.
Elizabethtown Town Manager Eddie Madden said Parrish began his career in law enforcement in 1988 as a patrolman with the city of Greenville. In 1990, he joined the North Carolina Highway Patrol and has continued his career with the Highway Patrol attaining the rank of First Sergeant in 2009. Parrish currently oversees 28 patrolmen and one office assistant in Bladen and Columbus counties. He has over 4,400 hours of documented law enforcement training with 604 of those hours being in the area of law enforcement management.
“Mr. Parrish comes highly recommended by those in the law enforcement and business community and we are pleased that he has accepted the job offer in Elizabethtown” said Madden.
Parrish was selected among several very qualified candidates and after going through a vigorous and lengthy application process, said Madden.
Madden said Kip Hester will continue serving as Acting Chief for the police department until Parrish assumes his duties on April 1, 2016.
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