JASPER, Texas — Members of the Jasper City Council on Tuesday evening will be interviewing three finalists from the department's command staff to become the city's next police chief.
The council will be meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday for a special meeting to interview the three finalists, according to the council agenda for the meeting.
The main item on the meeting agenda is for the council to meet in executive session to interview the finalists. They are expected to come out of executive session and announce who the new chief will be.
The finalists for the job are all current command staff level Jasper Police Officers, according to Jasper city secretary, Liz Jarrell
They are Interim Chief Mike Poindexter, Lt. Joshua Hadnot and Lt. Garrett Foster, Jarrell told 12News Tuesday afternoon.
A total of 21 applicants for the job were narrowed down to four finalists, three of whom are local, Jasper Mayor Anderson Land told 12News previously.
One finalist, who is not a Jasper resident withdrew their name leaving three local finalists.
The city's previous chief, Gerald Hall, retired in March 2024 after leading the department for nine years. He had worked for the department for 32 years.
Mike Poindexter has been serving as interim chief since Hall's retirement.
"We have three of the best candidates that we can have," Anderson told 12News. "I think that whichever one we pick, we can't go wrong."
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.