{"id":12661,"date":"2017-11-24T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12661"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:39:10","slug":"new-public-safety-chief-spotts-kendall-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/new-public-safety-chief-spotts-kendall-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"New Public Safety Chief At Kendall Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Spotts has been hired as the new public safety chief at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/search\/?q=%22Kendall%20Campus%22&amp;_siq_page=1&amp;_siq_sort=relevance\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Kendall Campus<\/span><\/a>. He started the position Oct. 23.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotts retired from law enforcement with more than 34 years of service. His most recent position was police lieutenant at the <a href=\"https:\/\/spd.semtribe.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Seminole Police Department<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn this position, I plan to use my experience to develop even greater performance from this department,\u201d Spotts said. \u201cI\u2019m lucky to walk into such a great situation and hope to upgrade it even further.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His duties include maintaining the safety of the campus community and overseeing the day to day operations of public safety.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Spotts has been hired as the new public safety chief at Kendall Campus. He started the position Oct. 23. Spotts retired from law enforcement with more than 34 years of service. 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