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.â€
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.â€