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Hillsborough picks chief

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

The Town of Hillsborough selected Duane Hampton, a lieutenant with the Durham Police Department, as its new chief of police last week.

Hampton will start Nov. 1 and will be paid a salary of $83,100. He replaces former Chief Clarence Birkhead, who resigned in April.

“Throughout the selection process, Mr. Hampton demonstrated impressive skill, ability and knowledge in the areas that the community-watch leaders, business leaders, citizens and police department staff identified as critical for making Hillsborough an even safer community,” Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson said. “Most importantly, I believe he will support and partner with the talented personnel already in the police department to develop ways to improve the quality of law enforcement services to Hillsborough’s citizens.”

Hampton started his career with the Durham Police Department in 1995. He has worked as a patrol officer, corporal, training corporal, investigations sergeant and staff-inspection sergeant. Since January, he has served as the assistant division commander of Criminal Investigations, with responsibility for the operation of homicide, youth, fraud and domestic-violence investigations units and the forensic-services and property and evidence units.

“I am honored to be selected as Hillsborough’s chief of police and look forward to serving and becoming a part of the Hillsborough community,” Hampton said. “I plan to make it a priority to get to know the town and the department and be able to hit the ground running.”

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