Fresh investigation to begin into allegations against State Police

Gov. Jim Justice ordered a sweeping investigation of the State Police Monday after he accepted the resignation of the agency’s superintendent and revealed allegations of wrongdoing, including that a video camera was placed inside a women’s locker room. Justice said he has appointed Jack Chambers, the deputy director of the Capitol police, as interim superintendent to replace superintendent Jan Cahill, who had served under Justice since the governor took office in 2017. Justice said Chambers will conduct “an all-out investigation” to replace one that started last month under Cahill and was nearing its completion. One focus of the investigation will be an allegation that a state police employee hid a video camera in the women’s locker room at a State Police facility in Kanawha County several years ago.