Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford announced his last day is August 11. He is the second city official to depart in recent weeks. Ford's retirement has community groups worried that a lack of leadership will worsen problems that have plagued the department for years.
in the texting scandal. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday morning.
He said Ford mentored younger officers but clashed with Mayor Lamar Thorpe and other city leaders over how to run the department. Thorpe said in an interview Thursday that despite challenges, he hopes the next chief will build off the reforms Ford brought to the department.
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