After more than 30 years on the force, Jackson’s police chief calls it quits. Vance, who was named chief of police by former Mayor Tony Yarber announced Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the year.
When named in 2013 as Yarber’s choice for police chief Vance said then, “I started off as a recruit, and I worked my way up from beat cop to sergeant, from lieutenant to commander, to assistant chief all through those years. From a professional standpoint, obviously it’s a fulfillment.”
Vance said becoming a police officer was a calling, a career he didn’t want at first…