Just a feeling, but I suspect that his severance package would be fairly big (depending on how many years he’s been there). He may be looking at the period which he has to be out of the office, and just figuring it’s not worth waiting twelve months to get his job back.
I personally think he should have simply said he was off the force until prosecutor determined what they were going to do...then come right back onto duty. You can imagine all future police chiefs in this town....the minute anyone gets shot....they need to resign....to save the community. Life just doesn’t work this way.
We don’t know the whole story. He could be a pos. The people of Sanford are pissed for a reason. I haven’t done my research. But who knows..