During what's likely the department's most serious crisis in recent history, Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford announced Wednesday night he's retiring, effective Aug. 11.
sent by officers. The scandal has been big enough for many to calls for a federal takeover of the department. announced its own civil rights investigation earlier this year
Many of the texts showed officers using racist language and describing police violence against suspects. At least eight people have filed three lawsuits against the department since the text story broke earlier this year. An unknown number of officers have been suspended while the investigations continue.
Prosecutors said the case couldn't proceed to trial because it"relied heavily on the investigative work of Antioch Police Officers who are associated with racist text communications." He came to Antioch after 32 years with the San Francisco Police Department.
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