Police Chief Charlottesville resigned

The Chief of the Charlottesville boarded Monday immediately.

Police commissioner Alfred Thomas has announced that he will retire after a 27-year career in law enforcement, the city council said. The departure of Thomas comes two weeks after the publication of a report that showed that the police were badly prepared for the violence.

'Nothing in my career has filled me with more pride than serving as a police commissioner in Charlottesville,' Thomas said, having been police chief in the city since April 2016. 'Commissioner Thomas is an honorable man who has taken care of critical leadership ', said city director Maurice Jones.