Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 28, 1990 TAG: 9004280319
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: VICTORIA RATCLIFF STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Ray Lavinder, supervisor of the criminal investigation division, is the only one of four applicants from within the department to become one of 10 finalists, according to a list released Friday by county officials.
The finalists were selected from more than 150 applicants by a screening committee selected by County Administrator Elmer Hodge.
The finalists will be interviewed by Hodge and the screening committee next week and then will take part in an all-day assessment to be conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Hodge has said he hopes to make his selection by Friday.
County residents voted in November to take law enforcement duties away from the elected sheriff and create a police department under the supervision of the county administrator.
The police department is scheduled to begin operating July 1.
Four finalists - all from out of state - asked that their names not be released, said Anne Marie Green, county public information officer.
The finalists are:
Lavinder, who has worked for the county Sheriff's Department since 1979. Lavinder was one of more than a dozen deputies to apply last year for a captain's position that Kavanaugh gave to his campaign manager, Fred Crockett. Lavinder was not among the 12 detectives who filed suit against the sheriff.
Gary Reynolds, a shift captain in the Lynchburg Police Department. Reynolds joined the department in 1975 as a patrol officer.
Albert Rhodenizer, a captain with the Charlottesville Police Department in charge of the criminal investigation division. Rhodenizer began as a patrol officer in the department in 1972.
Robert DelCore, a captain in the Fairfax County Police Department since 1985.
John Whalen, a bureau commander in charge of patrol operations in the Fairfax County Police Department. Whalen began as a patrol officer in Fairfax County in 1969 and supervises 600 patrol officers.
Harold Robbins, deputy chief of police in St. Petersburg, Fla., directs all investigative functions. Robbins began as a patrol officer in 1972.
A police chief in a small city near Virginia, with a department of 48 sworn officers and 12 civilians.
A police chief in a Southern state, with a department of 170 employees and a $7 million budget.
A police chief in a small city in the Midwest, with a department of 39 full-time employees and a budget of $1.7 million.
An operations commander in a police department with 107 employees in a city of 47,000 in the Midwest.
by CNB