Manchester Police Chief Capano Announces Retirement

MANCHESTER, NH - Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano announced his retirement from the MPD after nearly 25 years. Upon the news of his retirement, Mayor Joyce Craig has released the following statement:

“For nearly twenty-five years, Chief Carlo Capano served the City of Manchester with distinction. In his time as Police Chief, he has lead the men and women of the Manchester Police Department with honor, addressed challenges head-on, and proved time and time again the safety of our community was his number one priority.

Throughout his distinguished career, he worked to make our police department and our community a better place, implementing body cameras for all officers, increasing the police complement, adding more community policing officers downtown and advocating for increased training opportunities.

Mayor Craig went on to say "I feel fortunate I had the opportunity to work closely with Chief Capano and will miss his candor and good humor. I want to thank him for his dedication to the City of Manchester. I wish all the best to Chief Capano, his wife Brenda, and their two sons, Cole and Caden, during this new chapter in their lives.”