Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Council appointed Phillip Saunders as its first chief of police , in charge of a force with six patrolmen and one lieutenant , at a time when the population of Portland was 9,000 .
Simplified: The Council chose Phillip Saunders as its first chief of police , in charge of a force with six patrolmen and one lieutenant , at a time when the population of Portland was 9,000 .