Fort Myers Voters Reject Electing Police Chief Position

The police union wont be able to run its president for top cop in Fort Myers, as voters rejected the idea of making the chief an elected position.

More than 60 percent of the voters in the Southwest Florida city on Tuesday decided to keep Chief Doug Baker in the position hes held for three years.

Cecil Pendergrass, current union president and unsuccessful GOP candidate last year for the Lee County Commission, had been talking about running for the post before the vote was cast. Read more here.