In a meeting that was contentious at times, the Fall River City Council voted no to making Interim Police Chief Kelly Furtado the permanent chief.
Fall River police officers and personnel lined the Fall River City Council chambers in support of Furtado and a passionate speech took place during citizen input on why the Council needed to act immediately to appoint Furtado permanent chief and agree to the $215,000 contract which is less than comparable communities.
Councilor Shawn Cadime requested that a search committee be organized to find a new chief. An outside search be done for internal and external candidates…