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Maricopans check out MPD commander finalists (gallery)

Dec 8, 2015

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commander1 — Three finalists for the commander's job at MPD, including Gerald Kaphing, were questioned by residents Dec. 2. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Maricopa residents were invited to meet the three finalists for the position of commander at Maricopa Police Department Dec. 2 at City Hall. The finalists were current MPD Lt. Mike Campbell, Gerald E. Kaphing Jr., formerly of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Robert Gervasi, now in Colorado and formerly with Mesa Police Department.

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Chief Steve Stahl (right) talks with residents.

Interested citizens, MPD volunteers and elected officials came out for the meet-and-greet.

Maricopa Fire Chief Leffler chats with VFW Commander Mike Kemery.

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Raquel Hendrickson

https://www.inmaricopa.com

Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.

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