Only three now seek Warren police chief post

WARREN — With the withdrawal of Lt. Joseph Marhulik, the ranks of the Warren Police Department planning to take the test to be Warren’s next police chief has been reduced to three.

Marhulik, who heads up the department’s concentration on the city’s public-housing units and assists Capt. Tim Bowers with other support-division management, said he has decided against taking the test Aug. 20 because he’s going to retire sometime in 2010.

That leaves two captains — Bowers, who is acting chief, and Capt. Janice Gilmore, who oversees the road-patrol division; and Lt. Cathy Spencer, who supervises the road-patrol officers on the day shift.

The next chief will be selected based on the results of a two-hour written test.