CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – It’s the first day of work for new Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis today, and Mayor Lloyd Snook and the rest of city leadership hopes this is the beginning of a long and beautiful friendship. Not only does City Manager Mike Rogers and City Council think he’s right for the job… but so does Warrenton’s mayor who told the Fauquier Times last month, “I am grateful for everything he did for us, but Charlottesville needs Michael Kochis.”

And Kochis in the press conference after City Council approved him as their pick last month said he will engage with his officers… and with the community about what policing in Charlottesville should be.

Much like Charlottesville, Warrenton had a revolving door of police chiefs with 3 in 18 months before Kochis got there.