A pool that started with 18 applicants is now down to two candidates: Russell Klumpp and Chris Vallejo. Community members had the chance to interact with both of them at a meet and greet at Hotel Topeka on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Major Klumpp is a lifelong Topekan and has been with the Topeka Police Department (TPD) for nearly 30 years. 16 of those years have come at the command level. With an understanding of the Topeka community, he says community relations is always the top priority. And then there’s Chris Vallejo. Although he’s not from Topeka, or the Sunflower State for that matter, he has three decades of law enforcement experience under his belt. From training, to investigation, to patrol in Austin, Texas with a metropolitan area of over a million people and two million metro.
Source: KSNT 27 News
