Thom Carr

Six months after former Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter was sworn in as Marco Island's police chief, the question of how is he doing, is joined by another – how long will he be doing it?

“We’re going to be doing significant amounts of training,” Marco Island police Capt. Dave Baer said. “That’s one of the things we’re doing right now is constructing the training plan. We’ll cover policies an

A Marco Island police officer fired last year for insubordination and repeated misconduct has been reinstated by an independent arbiter.

If it weren’t the Police Foundation, you could have called the dinner guests “the usual suspects.” A high percentage of the movers and shakers of Marco Island got together Saturday evening at the San Marco Catholic Church parish hall for ...

It seemed like old times on the golf course Saturday as residents came out to support the Marco Police Foundation and the island’s “boys in blue.” “People play this tournament every year. It’s on their calendars,” said Bill Morris, president ...

Marco Island has a new police chief. In a packed community room at the MIPD headquarters, former Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter was sworn in as the city’s third police chief, before a crowd of notables from law enforcement, government, ...

Marco Island's hunt for a new chief of police didn't take long as former Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter officially took the reigns of the department on Monday morning. Hunter was the only man that City Manager Jim Riviere said ...

Capt. David Baer is filling in following Chief Thom Carr’s retirement on July 26. Baer will serve in the top spot until former Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter is sworn in as police chief during a ceremony on Aug. 8 ...

A Marco Island police officer has been demoted for his role in the April arrest of businessman Joseph Oliverio for grand theft auto. Tige Thompson was stripped of his appointment as sergeant and demoted to patrolman in late June after ...

Thom Carr is neither jumping for joy nor sighing with fears of an impending boredom following his retirement Friday as Marco Island police chief. The former military man has his mind on the Florida retirement classics — golf and boating.

As he glances at the cheerful bouquet sitting on the conference table of his office, Thom Carr seems a little surprise someone would send him flowers to congratulate him on his retirement. After all, he says, he’s just leaving office, ...

Emceeing Thom Carr’s retirement party Thursday, Jerry Gibson said the day was special, because he had gotten to see “an aging relic that has not outlived its usefulness glide into retirement” – and that was just the space shuttle. Over ...

The Marco Police Foundation had a full house, and a full agenda, for their luncheon on Wednesday. About 120 Islanders mostly filled the dining room at the Hideaway Beach Club, to hear from State Representative Kathleen Passidomo in person, Congressman ...

Celebrate Chief Thom Carr’s retirement from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, at the Marco Island Historical Museum. Carr is retiring after 12 years of service to the Marco Island Police Department. Carr was hired in 1999 and is one ...

Last week was great fun for people who enjoy the sometimes rowdy, rapid goings on in and about Marco Island city government. Topic A, of course, was the changing of the guard at Marco Police headquarters. The buzz began early ...