Parkersburg Police Lt. Matthew Board, left, is presented with the Charles L. Plum Memorial Award for Police Officer of the Year by Sgt. Beniah Depue during Police Week activities in 2021. Now a captain, Board has been nominated as the next Parkersburg Police chief. (File photo)
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PARKERSBURG -- Mayor Tom Joyce has nominated Capt. Matthew Board to be the next Parkersburg Police chief.
The nomination is on the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
If confirmed by council, Board would succeed Joe Martin, who retired in December as the city’s longest-serving police chief. Interim Chief Scott Elliott has led the department since then.
Read more in Friday’s edition of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
