Crime & Safety

PHOTOS: Springs Installs 2013 Chiefs

Ben Miller, David M. King, and Steven Scholl were sworn-in on Friday.

A new chief took command of the Springs Fire Department on Friday. 

Ben Miller, whom the department elected in December, was sworn-in, along with the new first assistant chief David M. King and Steven Scholl, the new second assistant chief. 

John Claflin, who was the department chief for the last two years, did not seek re-election. Miller served as the first assistant chief and King served as the second assistant chief under Claflin. 

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