Deja vu for Palmetto's new police chief

Morale was low at the city police department.

Leadership was needed.

A new chief was hired from the outside to rectify the situation.

Palmetto Police Chief Rick Wells?

Maybe.

He was sworn in just last Monday, so give him time.

We’re actually referring to someone else.

His father.

Before Charlie Wells embarked on his 22-year run as Manatee County sheriff, he was police chief for the City of Bradenton.

It was January 1980 when Wells, a Florida Highway Patrol veteran, took over and during his 33-month tenure, Wells established order and stability in the department.

Will his son have the same impact in Palmetto?


Read more in Sunday's Mannix About Manatee