New Police Chief Peter Pacillas is a familiar face among the rank-and-file of the El Paso Police Department.

After more than 30 years with the department — rising from patrol officer to sergeant to lieutenant and eventually assistant chief in 2009 — Pacillas is by all accounts a product of the department and late Chief Greg Allen.

Around El Paso, a community of nearly 680,000 residents, Pacillas is hardly a household name. His story beyond the uniform is somewhat obscure.

El Paso Times