POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The Poplar Bluff Police Department has promoted a new captain.Ìý
Charles R. Harris assumes the role after 21 years with the department.Ìý Captain Harris will specifically serve as Patrol Commander.Ìý

Captain David Sutton
Harris is taking over for Captain David Sutton. Sutton is scheduled to retire in July after 30 years with the department.Ìý
"Please join us in congratulating Captain Harris on his well-deserved promotion and in thanking Captain Sutton for his decades of commitment and leadership," wrote the Department on .Ìý