Last week, the city council approved his promotion to assistant chief. Their paths diverged from there, with Ware moving to Canton, starting as a patrol officer and working his way up to assistant chief. He left Canton after more than a decade to lead the investigative unit at CPD and rejoin Ward, then assistant chief. Ware will be sworn in Aug. 18, alongside the new chief and seven other officers within CPD who recently earned promotions. But Ward said he, Ware and the other assistant chief, Doran Johnson, are already shaping CPD’s way forward.