In a post on the city’s Facebook page<\/a>, Chief Bryan Edens is being placed on administrative leave following the results of an external investigation.<\/p>\n\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.
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Edens has served as Reading’s chief since 2020 and has been with the department since 2000.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant Daniel Flottemesch has been named the department’s interim chief “until further notice.”<\/p>\n
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