New top cop chosen for Cary
The position left open by the retirement of Police Chief Pat Bazemore has been filled.
Tony Godwin’s business card printing company will need to issue new cards that say ‘Chief Godwin’. The former deputy chief beat out over 75 other applicants for the position vacated by Chief Bazemore, according to Ben Shivar, Cary town manager. The new chief will be overseeing a nationally accredited department of 238, which includes 195 sworn officers.
Shivar, commenting on Godwin’s selection, said that he had watched the new chief work his way up through the ranks, gaining the respect staff as well as his fellow officers.
Chief Godwin is 48 years old, has a wife of 17 years named Shannon, and two children. He came on board the Cary police department as a patrol officer in 1990 and has made his way through the ranks to be named deputy chief in 2014. Along the way, Godwin served in positions of leadership on Field Operations, Cary’s Emergency Response Team, and the Criminal Investigations Division.
Godwin earned a political science degree from North Carolina State University and followed it up with a justice administration Master’s degree from Methodists University in Fayetteville. The new chief is a member of the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police, North Carolina Police Execs Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Police Executive Research Forum.
Tony Godwin’s business card printing company will need to issue new cards that say ‘Chief Godwin’. The former deputy chief beat out over 75 other applicants for the position vacated by Chief Bazemore, according to Ben Shivar, Cary town manager. The new chief will be overseeing a nationally accredited department of 238, which includes 195 sworn officers.
Shivar, commenting on Godwin’s selection, said that he had watched the new chief work his way up through the ranks, gaining the respect staff as well as his fellow officers.
Chief Godwin is 48 years old, has a wife of 17 years named Shannon, and two children. He came on board the Cary police department as a patrol officer in 1990 and has made his way through the ranks to be named deputy chief in 2014. Along the way, Godwin served in positions of leadership on Field Operations, Cary’s Emergency Response Team, and the Criminal Investigations Division.
Godwin earned a political science degree from North Carolina State University and followed it up with a justice administration Master’s degree from Methodists University in Fayetteville. The new chief is a member of the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police, North Carolina Police Execs Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Police Executive Research Forum.