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Associated Press - December 16, 2009 9:54 AM ET
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The city council has approved a new police chief in Tupelo.
Lee County sheriff's Capt. Tony Carleton starts work Jan. 1. He'll replace Harold Chaffin, who will retire Dec. 31, after 35 years on the force.
Carleton started his policing career in the mid-1990s, working for the Mississippi State University Police Department, Tupelo Police Department and Harrison County Sheriff's Department before joining the Lee County Sheriff's Department.
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