The search is over. In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, The Hoopeston City Council approved Jim Dewitt as the new Hoopeston Chief of Police. Alderman Bill McElhayney and Alderwoman Louridene Florek voted no to the apointment. Dewitt has been with the HPD since 1999 and has served as acting chief since Chief Drollingers illness and death.