Crime & Safety
Hayward Names New Police Chief
The Hayward resident is currently Assistant Police Chief in San Francisco.
HAYWARD, CA — Hayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo announced on Tuesday that she has appointed San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Toney Chaplin to be Hayward's new police chief effective on Sept. 3.
Chaplin will succeed Police Chief Mark Koller, who retired on July 1 after a 38-year career with the 200-officer department.
The Hayward Police Department currently is being led by Interim Police Chief Bryan Matthews.
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"It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that I appoint Toney Chaplin as the next leader of our distinguished Hayward Police Department and to become its 15th chief of police," McAdoo said in a statement.
McAdoo said she selected Chaplin after a nationwide search and competitive evaluation process that included interviews with panels of community members, other California chiefs of police, Hayward officers, other personnel and command staff, and members of her executive team.
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"I'm humbled and honored to be chosen, and I'm grateful for all that my San Francisco colleagues have done to help prepare me," Chaplin said in a statement.
McAdoo said Chaplin will bring to the police chief's job a leadership style described as "inclusive, optimistic and focused on moving the profession forward into the 21st century of policing."
McAdoo said Chaplin held every departmental rank in San Francisco, from patrol officer to interim chief of police.
She said that as assistant chief he led the department's Operations Division, which is made up of four bureaus with approximately 2,000 officers of all ranks, including four deputy chiefs.
Chaplin and his wife Tiffaney and their daughter have lived in Hayward since 2006.
Chaplin said, "Hayward has been a great city to live in, and I fully expect this will be my last job in policing."
He said, "With my experience, particularly around community policing, I'm confident we can increase transparency with those we serve, identify service enhancements that will be of value to the community and make the Hayward Police Department one of the very best departments in the
country."
— Bay City News
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