BARTLETT — Police Chief Janet Hadley Champlin is hanging up her badge and gun at the end of next month after a career in law enforcement that goes back to the 1980s. With the Bartlett Police Department, Champlin became the first female police chief in Carroll County.
She also investigated Bartlett's former chief, Tim Connifey, who was later convicted on corruption charges.
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