BRADENTON BEACH – Lt. Lenard Diaz will serve as Bradenton Beach’s next police chief. On July 16, the city commission unanimously supported Mayor John Chappie’s nomination for Diaz to serve as police chief. Diaz will step into his new role when current Police Chief John Cosby retires from the police department on Oct. 1. Chappie said Diaz has been a law enforcement officer for 40 years, has been with the Bradenton Beach Police Department since …
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