Morgan Hill
– It took 10 months, but the city has a new police chief.
City Manager Ed Tewes announced Thursday that Bruce Cumming was
hired to lead the city’s police department. Cumming has served as
interim chief since January.
Morgan Hill – It took 10 months, but the city has a new police chief.
City Manager Ed Tewes announced Thursday that Bruce Cumming was hired to lead the city’s police department. Cumming has served as interim chief since January.
“It was an exhaustive procedure,” Tewes said, “but Bruce has the kind of experience and leadership the community is used to. I’m confident we made the right decision.”
Cumming said he was “very happy, proud and pleased” with the appointment.
“When I came as interim chief I never intended to apply for the job, but everyone here has helped me make this decision. I’ve worked with a lot of good people and some bad ones too, and you are the good ones,” he told his officers and staff.
The job pays $135,000 annually plus benefits.
Cumming, 58, and a native Californian, retired from the Menlo Park Police Department in 1999 after 11 years as chief. Before that he had worked his way up through the ranks of the Palo Alto Police Department, leaving as a captain.
Cumming took the interim job when former chief Jerry Galvin retired in December after only two years on the job.
