Todd Chamberlain was introduced at a news conference Thursday, a day after Aurora’s city manager announced his choice of Chamberlain for the next police chief.
AURORA, Colo. — If confirmed next week by the Aurora City Council, Todd Chamberlain will be Aurora’s sixth police chief since 2019, the first chief since 2022 without the word “interim” in his title, and the third chief this year.
He said at his first Aurora news conference on Thursday that he’s here “for the long haul.”
“Give me a chance, let’s partner, let’s collaborate, and let’s work together,” Chamberlain said.
Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor announced Chamberlain’s selection on Wednesday. Chamberlain is a former Los Angeles Police Department officer and commander who was with the department from 1984 to 2018. He later served as police chief for the Los Angeles Unified School District, and more recently as a public safety consultant and university lecturer at California …