Chief of Police retires after long career
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After 35 years of dedicated public service with the city, Coral Springs Chief of Police, Clyde Parry, has announced his plans to retire in June 2022. Chief Parry relocated to South Florida in May of 1987, after serving one year as a police officer with the Derry Borough Police Department outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Early on in his career with Coral Springs, Parry saw first-hand the effects drugs were having in the community and committed himself to learning all he could about narcotics trafficking and drug smuggling. That commitment quickly earned him a position within the organization’s elite Vice Intelligence and Narcotics Unit where he served for 18 years.
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New hire portrait, 1987
In late 2006, Parry was promoted to the rank of sergeant and in 2010 to the rank of lieutenant. After his promotion to captain, Parry developed the Burglary Enforcement and Reduction (BEAR) Unit after Coral Springs was experiencing an increase in home burglaries. In March of 2018, Chief Parry was hired as Coral Spring’s sixth Chief of Police. Parry’s promotion came soon after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and in the aftermath, he made it a priority to ensure safer schools for students and faculty. He also made the mental health of the members of the department a priority. In April, City Manager Frank Babinec announced the selection of its seventh Chief of Police, Bradley “Brad” McKeone, who will be officially sworn in on June 9, 2022.
Parry was active in the community as a Chargers football coach. CORAL SPRINGS: UNDER THE SUN MAGAZINE
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