The Vermont town of Berlin is getting a new police chief

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) - The police department in the Vermont town of Berlin is getting a new chief.

James Pontbriand, a detective with the Barre police department, is expected to start work in Berlin next month.

Pontbriand will be replacing Bill Wolfe, who retired last month after 12 years leading the Berlin department.

A native of Montpelier, Pontbriand was hired in 2003 as the first school resource office at Barre’s Spaulding High School.

The Times Argus reports Pontbriand left Spaulding in 2007 to join the Montpelier Police Department in 2007. Pontbriand, returned to the Barre department in 2010 and was later promoted to detective, the post he now holds.