New police chief is sworn in

Jerome Tharaud

Havre Daily News

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Assistant Police Chief Mike Barthel was sworn in as police chief of Havre at a City Council meeting Monday night.

Police Lt. George Tate was sworn in as assistant police chief, and police Lt. Stan Martin was sworn in as captain.

Barthel, a 17-year veteran of the Havre Police Department, was one of four officers to apply for the position after Chief Kevin Olson resigned to take a job as administrator of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. Barthel had been acting police chief since Olson's Feb. 27 departure....