Portland's police chief, Frank Clark, will be leaving his post to take another position.
Clark wrote a letter to police department Friday that he will be taking a job as a global corporate security director at a growing private company with 5,000 employees. He didn't name the company.
Clark says in the letter that he's spent 33 years in the public sector, and that he's leaving behind a "solid team" in order to pursue a new opportunity.
It's not clear when Clark will be departing, but he says he'll "be around for a few weeks"
According to a spokesperson, during the transition, Assistant Chief Heath Gorham would serve as acting chief.
