The chief of the Maine State Police is leaving that post next month to take a job as director of security at Colby College.
Col. Robert Williams has led the Maine State Police for nearly seven years, but his career in law enforcement spans more than three decades.
A native of central Maine, Williams began as a state trooper in 1983, and rose through the ranks until being named colonel in 2011 by Gov. Paul LePage.
At Colby, Williams will lead a staff of 40 employees and manage and administer safety programming, facility security, compliance, training, emergency preparedness and critical incident management.
He will start in his new job on March 12.