MANSFIELD — The 27th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped on Christmas Eve. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is rejoined by former Mansfield police Chief Phil Messer, who served in the MPD for 34 years, the last eight as chief, before retiring in 2010. In part one […]
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News Man Weekly: Retired police Chief Phil Messer talks about METRICH start
MANSFIELD – The 26th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by former Mansfield police Chief Phil Messer, who served in the MPD for 34 years, the last eight as chief, before retiring in 2010. Messer helped to found and grow […]
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Law enforcer to lawmaker: Shari Robertson joining Mansfield City Council
MANSFIELD — Shari Robertson stood in Mansfield City Council chambers two years ago to thank lawmakers for their support of her 28-year law enforcement career. The retired Mansfield Police Department captain will return to those chambers on Tuesday as a member of that nine-member legislative body. Robertson was elected Thursday by the 11-member Mansfield Republican […]
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Former Mansfield police chief reflects on security challenges when U.S. president visits
MANSFIELD — Phil Messer knows what it’s like to try to protect the life of a U.S. president, helping to do just that when President George W. Bush came to Mansfield in 2004. Like millions of Americans, the retired Mansfield police chief watched television news on Saturday evening after a would-be assassin tried to kill […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]