A new police chief has been appointed in Junction City.
According to a Tuesday release from the City Manager’s office, Kirt Nichols will assume that role effective immediately. The 33 year veteran of JCPD has served as Captain of Operations for the past four years and was interim police chief for four months in late 2019.
The city is also re-creating the position of Assistant Police Chief and has appointed Cory Odell to that position. Odell has been with the department since 2009 and most recently served as a Captain on the force since 2021.
The shakeup in the police department comes amid the recent departure of former Chief John Lamb earlier this month. The city has been mum on his departure only to say that it engaged with a third party to interview employees and review information to determine if city policy had been violated during his tenure.
