In a closed meeting, Georgetown police met inside City Hall to discuss personnel matters, including the need for a new police chief.

Lt. Robert Swanigan, with Georgetown police tells WKYT that while the meeting was regularly scheduled, they did discuss filling the chief position.

Last Thursday, former chief Greg Reeves was relieved of his duties within the police department. Georgetown mayor, Everette Varney tells WKYT that he wants the police department to head in a new direction.

Swanigan says that applications have started to come for the position,"The mayor and his staff are dedicated to finding us a new police chief. We believe wholeheartedly that they are going to do an excellent job doing that to find the best candidate for this job. The men and women of this police department are going to get behind that person, whoever that may be and do the job that we've been hired to do."

Georgetown police feel confident that the safety of the public is not being compromised because of the staffing changes, "I've been here 20 years and this department has been through seven chiefs of police in that time. We're going to continue moving forward. We have a job to do and we're going to do it to the best of our ability," adds Swanigan.