This story is free for you Create a free account and get more of the HF Chronicle's top stories directly to your inbox. Or, subscribe for unlimited access Create a free account and get more of the HF Chronicle's top stories directly to your inbox. Following the retirement of Homewood police chief Denise McGrath on Jan. 9, Thomas Johnson was sworn in as the new chief of police at the Jan. 27 meeting. Johnson, former deputy chief of police of Homewood since February 2024, served for seven years at the Glenwood Police Department before joining the Homewood Police Department in 2009, Homewood Village Manager Napoleon Haney said. Thomas Johnson taking the oath of office for hi