The Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners on Tuesday named Richard Schaffer the next chief of Montgomery County’s fifth-largest police department. “It has been an honor to serve my career with the Cheltenham Township Police Department, and I look forward to leading the Department forward,” Schaffer said in a statement. According to the township, the department promoted Schaffer to the rank of sergeant in 2008. In his position, he has led the department’s administrative services, detective, patrol and professional standards divisions. Schaffer also graduated from the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command Training, where he was given the Kreml Leadership Award.