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Larry Scirotto's appointment as Pittsburgh's new police chief capped a search that lasted almost a year and still requires City Council’s approval. Scirotto spent 23 years in Pittsburgh’s police bureau.
“His deep ties in the city and his deep ties in the bureau, and his outside perspective, make him the right choice,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said at a press conference Wednesday.
Scirotto, 49, will take over the bureau at a time when internal pressures and staffing issues, along with the desire for reform that swept Gainey into office two years ago, will make the chief’s job a challenging one.
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