Wellington News

New Police Chief in Town
On Friday February 3rd, Jim McPike became the new police chief of the Wellington Police department. Chief McPike is a graduate of Cleveland State University, the Police Executive Leadership College and the FBI National Academy. He has experience in several areas of law enforcement including patrol, domestic violence, sex crimes/child abuse, special victims unit, special investigator and crisis coordinator. In other department news, Corporal Kayla Athanas was promoted to the rank of Sargeant and part-time officer Ryan Gulliford was hired full-time to fill the open slot created when former Chief Tim Barfield retired.