Edward Hillery Jr., who served as Ocean Ridge’s police chief for 17 years — and police chief of Boynton Beach before that — died May 13. He was 85.
Hillery, a U.S. Air Force veteran, took over as chief in Ocean Ridge in 1993 and retired in 2010. He also served 23 years with the Boynton Beach Police Department, rising through the ranks to become chief and retiring there the day before he started in Ocean Ridge.
Hillery worked quickly to improve morale in the department, whose prior chief had resigned in a financial scandal.
— Larry Barszewski
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