CHESAPEAKE, Va. — There’s a new sheriff in town, and some residents have high hopes for change under his leadership. Wallace Chadwick III is the new sheriff-elect for Chesapeake, and Neighborhood News Reporter Erin Holly sat down with him to discuss his plans when he takes office in January.
“We campaigned on leadership, accountability, and transparency. And you can break those three topics down into many different subjects, but first and foremost I think the culture is one of the biggest things that needs to be fixed over there,” Chadwick said. ‘We need to show that there’s new leadership that supports each and every deputy over there. They will now have a voice to talk. They will be able to identify however they want politically. One of the jobs we talked about was pulling the politics out of that office.”
Tanya Cook has lived in Chesapeake for more than half a century and says she has concerns about current jail conditions that she hopes the new sheriff will address…