NEW ERA: Warren Safety-Service Director Doug Franklin, left, delivers the …

Photo by Robert K. Yosay | published: September 30, 2009

NEW ERA: Warren Safety-Service Director Doug Franklin, left, delivers the oath of office to Tim Bowers, the city’s new police chief, as Mayor Mike O’Brien looks on. Bowers succeeds John Mandopoulos, who was forced from the office after a series of clashes with city leaders