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New Port Richey names former Tarpon Springs chief Robert Kochen as its chief

City Manager Debbie Manns didn’t have to look far to replace retiring chief Kim Bogart.
 
 
 
Robert Kochen, who has been selected as the New Port Richey Police Chief, poses for a photograph near the Spring Bayou in Tarpon Springs where he was chief for a decade. [CHRIS URSO | Times (2021)]
Robert Kochen, who has been selected as the New Port Richey Police Chief, poses for a photograph near the Spring Bayou in Tarpon Springs where he was chief for a decade. [CHRIS URSO | Times (2021)] [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
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