Pope is the town's fifth police chief in one year. But both Mayor Ray Willliams and City Administrator Ken York say that Headley was not told to terminate Pope. They also said that nothing is wrong in the department. Reggie is well respected in the community, and, well, we named him interim chief, so that says something for him. I don't know where he's getting in information, but we never discussed Reggie Pope, York said.
Spring Hill has nothing to explain.
We have done nothing wrong. York went on to explain the sequence of events. When we named Scott Lyke chief, we knew he had some limitations as far as management goes, so he was on seven moths probation. At the end of that period he was put back on patrol and State Trooper John McCord was put in on an interim basis. We knew from ay one that he would return to his job with the street department.