The Boardman Township Trustees have named a new chief of police.

At a meeting on Thursday, trustees announced that Todd Werth has been named to replace current policeChieff Jack Nichols who is retiring. 

Werth is the current Supervisory Special Agent in Charge of the Youngstown FBI.

Other candidates considered by the trustees were Captain Rod Foley, current commander of the patrol division at YPD, and Sergeant Glen Riddle who has worked for Boardman for 25 years and serves as a detective and a member of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force.

The trustees will formally introduce Werth as the next chief on Friday.