Dec 27, 2013 1 min read

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Bryan Tennant, Greene County's new sheriff

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Sheriff Richard Ketchem

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Tim Hawfield retired as Waynesburg Borough’s police chief.

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Robert Toth was named Waynesburg Borough's new police chief.

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During the past year, the heads of two law enforcement offices announced their retirements: Tim Hawfield, chief of the Waynesburg Borough Police Department, and Richard Ketchem, Greene County sheriff.

Ketchem, 65, announced in January that he would not seek re-election to his seventh term of office but would retire at the end of his present term in December. He cited health reasons as the basis for leaving a position he had held since 1990.

Three candidates subsequently announced they would run for the office in the Democratic primary and Brian Tennant, a patrolman with the Waynesburg Borough Police Department, won both the Democratic and Republican nominations, the later by write-ins.

Hawfield, 65, announced in March that he would retire in July after heading the Waynesburg police department for 32 years.

In selecting a replacement, Waynesburg Borough Council had the borough civil service commission test eligible officers in the department for promotion to the position of chief. Council in May voted to hire Robert Toth for the post.

Toth had been with the police department for 16 years and was a patrolman and a criminal investigator. He was promoted to serve as assistant chief until July 16, when Hawfield retired and he became chief.