William “Bill” O’Neal, a veteran of Sandy’s police force for more than 20 years and the department’s chief since July 2018, died Sunday.
O’Neal died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, a department news release said Sunday night. No cause of death was immediately announced.
Greg Severson, the deputy chief, will become the interim chief, the department’s release said.
O’Neal was named interim chief in April 2018, after the abrupt firing of his predecessor, Kevin Thacker, after accusations of “inappropriate touching” of other city employees. O’Neal, who had been Thacker’s deputy chief, was given the job outright in July 2018, after a nationwide job search.