Commander Kara Riley To Be Oro Valley Police Chief

Commander Riley is next Chief
The Oro Valley Town Council has selected Commander Kara Riley as its next chief. The council will formally appoint her on at next weeks' council meeting.

Riley has served our community for 15 years, rising though the ranks. She knows our town. She knows our police department.

Chief-In-Waiting Kara Riley

"She has been employed with the department since 2004, and has held multiple positions including executive officer, patrol lieutenant and support services lieutenant." It is in that last position that LOVE had the opportunity to meet with her.

Result of an extensive national search
The council retained Novak Consulting Group, an Ohio based firm, to conduct a national search. They "...received 70 applications for the position from 31 states, the District of Columbia and several from outside the United States. According to the firm, applicants had an average of 27 years of law enforcement experience and 10 years’ experience at the command staff level."

Riley: "The best of the best"
Some did not want the town to do an external and internal search. Instead, they wanted the town to select between two internal candidates. Rather than simply doing that, the council voted to do a nationwide search for candidates: To seek out the very best. Any internal candidate selected after that search most certainly is the "best of the best"

LOVE congratulates Commander Riley. May you serve many years in keeping our police a force of excellence--- the Pride of Oro Valley!
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Items quoted are from the town's press release