Spring Valley Police Chief honored at City Council meeting

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley Police Chief Kevin Sangston will be retiring this month after a 31-year career, and he was honored at the Monday night City Council meeting. Mayor Walt Marini said that police officers must exercise authority, leadership, compassion, empathy, critical thinking, and teamwork, in addition to respect, privacy and confidentiality. The Mayor said that he is proud to say that in Sangston’s tenure, he has displayed and lived up to all of those characteristics and qualities and even more. Sangston was presented with a plaque by the Mayor and Council in recognition of his service to Spring Valley, which he has served as Police Chief of since 2009.