When word got out earlier this spring that Mark Foley had been appointed chief of the Swansea Police Department, his phone was besieged with texts.

Many of those texts, from old football teammates and co-workers past and present, not only congratulated Foley but praised him for being a leader.

Now more than a month into his elevation to chief, succeeding the retired Marc Haslam, the former Case High School and UMass Dartmouth football lineman has found his new job challenging and satisfying and educational. He's also doing, in a sense, double duty as his replacement as lieutenant had not, as of this writing, been hired.

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