MANCHESTER聽鈥 City leaders here have promoted a 35-year veteran police officer to chief, succeeding a predecessor who resigned amid an internal investigation.聽
Lt. Ed Skaggs was named chief Monday night after the Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the appointment by Mayor Mike Clement.聽
Skaggs joined the Manchester Police Department in 1989 and was previously promoted to detective, sergeant, and lieutenant. He was a police officer in Riverview before moving to Manchester.聽
Skaggs has served as acting chief since former chief Scott Will was placed on administrative leave in July聽as part of what the city only described as 鈥渁n ongoing, independent investigation.鈥澛
Will, chief since 2019, resigned in August under an agreement with the city that allowed him to collect his salary, accrued vacation and benefits and included a聽non-disparagement clause.
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The city has not explained what Will was being investigated for聽鈥 and claimed that details could not be divulged under the state鈥檚 Sunshine Law. Officials last month only confirmed the investigation did not have to do with the Regional Justice Information System, or REJIS, a database of residents鈥 backgrounds.
Skaggs will be paid a $136,905 salary, plus benefits, as chief.聽
Manchester is home to about 18,000 people, and its . Almost all of them are sworn officers.