PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Phoenix\u2019s newest top officer will be sworn in on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Matt Giordano began his tenure<\/a> as Phoenix Police Chief on Aug. 11 after he was selected for the position in July.<\/p>\n Chief Giordano is a 23-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department and retired as a commander in 2017. He also served as Executive Chief of the Maricopa County Sheriff\u2019s Office and, most recently, as the Executive Director of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST).<\/p>\n The search for a permanent chief began after Jeri Williams resigned<\/a> in September 2022 amid a U.S. Department of Justice investigation.<\/p>\n Michael Sullivan was appointed as interim chief soon after and was among the first list of three finalists<\/a> announced earlier this year. But Sullivan withdrew his name from consideration in the final stages of the hiring process and resigned from the role<\/a> in April. City officials started the search anew<\/a>, while Sullivan was named chief<\/a> of the U.S. Capitol Police.<\/p>\n Check back to this story to watch the swearing in live at 10 a.m. on Thursday. This story will be updated after the ceremony.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n