Veteran officer takes over as Gautier’s newest police chief
Danny Selover, a 25-year veteran of the Gautier Police Department, has been named its new police chief.
Selover has been serving an interim police chief in Gautier since former Police Chief Dante Elbin retired in March.
City Manager Paula Yancey made the announcement, noting Selover’s long-term service and saying that he is “well respected” in the Police Department and community.
“I trust he will do an excellent job leading our Police Department,” Yancey said.
A native of South Amboy, New Jersey, Selover moved to Pascagoula in 1983 when his father, Gary Selover, took over as fire chief at Pascagoula’s Chevron Refinery.
A 1986 graduate of Pascagoula High School, Danny Selover joined Gautier police as a reserve officer in 1992 and joined the department as a full-time officer the following year.
Over the years, he advanced through the ranks to become a patrol lieutenant and captain before Elbin reassigned him in 2012 as a administrative captain under the police chief.
“Today, I have finally reached the ultimate goal of my career and been appointed the police chief of Gautier,” Selover said in a release Tuesday. “It is an honor to serve my community in this capacity, and I will do everything in my power to lead my team in a way that best protects our citizens.”
Selover and his wife, Cheryl Selover, married in 1996 and have three children and three grandchildren
