It’s Official, Bishop is Longview’s New Police Chief

LONGVIEW — The Longview city council has unanimously voted to name interim Chief Mike Bishop as the city’s new Chief of Police. The Longview News Journal reports the vote came at Thursday night’s city council meeting. Bishop was sworn in during a ceremony Friday afternoon. He was named interim chief the first of the month and succeeds Chief Don Dingler whose retirement was effective at the end of last month. Bishop joined the Longview Police Department in 1989 after serving in the U.S. Air Force and has served the department in a variety of capacities.