LACONIA — Three candidates with military experience are vying for one Laconia Police Commission seat in the city election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Incumbent Frank Mello is looking to stay in the role he's held for the past eight years, challenged by Navy veteran Jim Lowell and David Roberge, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Jim Lowell

Lowell said his time in the military shares similarities in the functions of a police force.

Lowell entered the U.S. Navy in 1972, where he spent six years before being honorably discharged in 1978. After obtaining a degree from Plymouth State College, he returned to the Navy in 1980, where he served until 1999, when he retired.

Lowell was a surface warfare officer, serving primarily on ships. He was a division officer, a department head, an executive offi

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