Mayor Paul Coogan has named Capt. Kelly Furtado as interim chief of the Fall River Police Department. 

Furtado has been with the department for nearly 37 years, joining in 1988. She has previously served as a school resource officer and a detective in the Major Crimes Division. She currently commands the Special Operations Division, which has six units: Street Crimes, Housing, School Resource Officers, Environmental Police, Motor Vehicle and Harbor Patrol. 

Furtado was promoted to captain in 2022.  

She takes the department’s reins after the reassignment of Capt. Paul Gauvin, who led the FRPD as chief from May 2022 until Sept. 27.  

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