The City of Lincoln has given approval to its police department to promote one of its officers.

Chief Joe Meister indicates that they are starting the process of promoting one of their officers to Deputy Chief, in hopes of splitting up the current responsibilities of Deputy Chief Matt Comstock into an administrative role and an operational role. 

Chief Meister knows from experience how hard the job of Deputy Chief can be, and is glad they finally have the opportunity to spread out the workload. He says that much of the job of a Deputy Chief is to keep the department running internally. 

The Chief is grateful to be fully staffed for the first time in five years, as departments across the country struggle with staffing issues.