Chiefs back from statewide conference

The police chiefs in Oconee’s three largest municipalities are back on the job after a statewide conference last week at Myrtle Beach. Attending the annual leadership conference of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association were Seneca’s John Covington, Westminster’s Dean Awalt, and Walhalla’s Ronald Wilbanks. The forum gives the police chiefs updates, the chance to meet vendors offering new technology, software, and police equipment, and the opportunity to meet their counterparts from across South Carolina. Covington says the conference is always productive and mutually beneficial to the attendees.