TRAVERSE CITY — History was made at the Cherry Capitol Airport this afternoon as they swore in the very first Chief of Police.

Chief Joe FitzGerald, the first ever chief of police, was sworn in during a regularly scheduled NRAA meeting at 3pm Tuesday afternoon.

Chief Fitzgerald was appointed earlier this year, and brings decades of law enforcement with him.

Chief Joe FitzGerald tells us “I’ve been a chief of police at other departments. So I’ve had a lot of experience, a lot of training, worked with a lot of great administrations, administrators, throughout my career, a lot of good officers. So I’ve had a lot of experience, you know, with different departments. So that’s helped me to be where i am today.“

Because of his experience, Cherry Capital Airport CEO Kevin Klein says this is a

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