New Hallsville Officers Hired
Posted/updated on: January 8, 2012 at 5:42 am
HALLSVILLE — Hallsville administrators have hired two police officers to fill positions that opened this past week after the mayor fired a former police chief and two officers and the city’s lone remaining officer resigned later the same day.
Hallsville Police Chief Lukas Reynolds on Thursday said he hired Shane Guthrie to fill the city’s sergeant position that was formerly filled by Sgt. Mack Fuller; and Paul Montoya was hired as a patrol officer. Guthrie, 47, is a patrol sergeant with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office. Montoya, 32, was employed by the Longview Police Department as a patrol officer, where he worked on the SWAT team. He begins his employment with Hallsville today.
Since the officers were terminated, Harrison County Sheriff’s deputies have provided extra patrol of the area to ensure Hallsville had officer coverage.
