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A top cop is moving from overseeing internal affairs to refilling a spot in the chief’s office.
The cop, Lt. Anthony Campbell (pictured), will begin serving Monday as “administrative lieutenant” in the office of Chief Dean Esserman. He will oversee the public-information and victim’s advocate staffers as well as administrative staff in the chief’s office, take on special projects, and act as a liaison to other city agencies as well as the Board of Alders.
The position has existed in the past, though it went unfilled in recent years.
Campbell, a Yale Divinity School-trained Christian minister, has run the internal affairs division since December. Before that he ran the police training academy. Click here to read a story about the time he almost died on the job — and then forgave the responsible party, appealing to the judge for leniency in sentencing the man to prison for assault.
Sgt. Jason Minardi is to step in a acting head of internal affairs, reporting to Assistant Chief Thaddeus Reddish. Minardi is on the approved list of upcoming promotions to lieutenant.