Four Zanesville officers promoted

Zanesville, Ohio-The Zanesville Police Department promoted four officers on Friday June 23rd.

Scott Comstock achieved Lieutenant status.

(Comstock)

Brent McCutcheon, Kyle Brookover, and Derek Shilling were promoted to Sergeant. Zanesville Police Department Chief Tony Coury says this provided safety for Zanesville.

(McCutcheon, Brookover, Shilling)

We can assure the citizens of Zanesville that we are putting the best we have in charge,” said Zanesville Police Department Chief Tony Coury “They are making command decisions and sometimes they are making it on their own.

Coury says the promotions come with the responsibilities of needing to make impact decisions.

“They have to think on the fly and  make that quick snap decisions,” said Coury. A lot of the time, some of these decisions can be life or death.”

Lieutenant Comstock was hired back in 2/28/2003. He was promoted to Sergeant on 12/2015. He worked in the drug unit.

Sergeant McCutcheon was hired 1/6/1995. He worked in the drug unit and Detective Bureau.

Sergeant Brookover was hired 6/25/2008.

Sergeant Shilling was hired 8/31/2009 and worked in the SRT unit.