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Marion's long-serving Police Chief Daugherty retires after 40 years
Harry Daugherty, nicknamed Big Kahuna and Big Dog, ends 40 years with Marion Police. Captain Slagle named acting chief as a national search begins. Daugherty helped modernize the force with K-9, DARE, HEAT, new station, and internet crime efforts. The city notes safer status but faces ongoing cases in Booher homicide and others.
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Rebecca F. Miller
Gazette
Marion
Harry Daugherty
Linn County
Brian Gardner
Daugherty
Marion Police Department
Doug Slagle
Anamosa State Penitentiary
The
US Army
Lon Pluckhahn
Slagle
Iowa
James Booher
Booher