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Mayor announces interim Burlington police chief, outlines recruitment and department priorities
Summary
Mayor Mulvaney Stanek announced an interim chief, Sean Burke, and a national executive search firm for a permanent chief. She framed short‑term priorities: recruitment, retention, workplace culture and coordination with criminal justice partners; the proposal for interim hiring goes to the Board of Finance March 10.
Mayor Mulvaney Stanek told the council she has selected Sean Burke, currently chief of South Burlington, to serve as interim chief of the Burlington Police Department and expects him to start March 24. The mayor said Burke served 21 years at Burlington Police Department and retired as deputy chief of operations in 2018 before moving to South Burlington.
Stanek described interim leadership as an immediate priority after current Chief John Murad indicated he would not seek reappointment. The mayor said she spoke with “almost a dozen different law enforcement leaders” in…
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