Washington, D.C. cop offered job as chief

The Haines Borough Assembly emerged Tuesday from a 45-minute closed-door session to confirm interim manager Brad Ryan’s decision to negotiate a police chief contract with Heath Scott, deputy chief of the District of Columbia Protective Services firm in Washington, D.C.

Neither Ryan nor assembly members provided any public explanation for the decision at Tuesday’s assembly meeting.

In an interview after the meeting, Ryan said finalist Timothy O’Neill dropped out of the running almost immediately after…