Well over two dozen applicants have so far applied for the vacant West Wendover Chief of Police position, including acting chief Sandra Gunter.
According to sources in city offices most of the applicants hail from California a state hard hit by the Great Recession especially in the government services sector.
The flood of applicants is a far cry from the last time the chief’ job opened up about ten years ago when fewer than five hopefuls applied for the job that ultimately went to then acting chief Ron Supp.
Gunter was named interim chief with the retirement of Ron Supp earlier last November. A resident of West Wendover since the early 1990’s, is one of just a handful of WWPD officers who began their career in the department and have never left.
A mother of three and a grandmother of one Gunter is one of a very select few– women to run a law enforcement agency in the United States. According to statistic sfemale sheriffs or chiefs of police make up less than one percent of those positions in the country.
