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By Carl Chancellor
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 10:59 a.m. EST, Dec 18, 2007
Akron's police chief says he was blindsided by Akron City Council President Marco Sommerville's call for him to quit.
''I was really surprised and shocked,'' Akron Police Chief Michael Matulavich said this morning.
Following his unanimous re-election as leader of city council Monday night, Sommerville launched an unexpected attack on the police chief in council chambers and announced: ''We need a new chief.''
''You expect these kind of things in my position,'' Matulavich said, ''but I was disappointed that he used that venue to vilify me and my leadership.''
Matulavich was named the city's 12th police chief in December 2000 and has been with the force for four decades.
He said the council president should have been ''laudatory'' in remarking about his time as chief.
''We have brought in millions of dollars of federal funds to fight crime in Akron,'' Matulavich said.
Under his leadership, Matulavich said, the department has won a number of awards.
Matulavich, who is entering the last year of a contract that expires in December 2008, said he has no intention to step down.
''I will serve out my last year, make no mistake about that,'' Matulavich said.
Akron's police chief says he was blindsided by Akron City Council President Marco Sommerville's call for him to quit.
''I was really surprised and shocked,'' Akron Police Chief Michael Matulavich said this morning.
Following his unanimous re-election as leader of city council Monday night, Sommerville launched an unexpected attack on the police chief in council chambers and announced: ''We need a new chief.''
''You expect these kind of things in my position,'' Matulavich said, ''but I was disappointed that he used that venue to vilify me and my leadership.''
Matulavich was named the city's 12th police chief in December 2000 and has been with the force for four decades.
He said the council president should have been ''laudatory'' in remarking about his time as chief.
''We have brought in millions of dollars of federal funds to fight crime in Akron,'' Matulavich said.
Under his leadership, Matulavich said, the department has won a number of awards.
Matulavich, who is entering the last year of a contract that expires in December 2008, said he has no intention to step down.
''I will serve out my last year, make no mistake about that,'' Matulavich said.
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