Cook could not be reached for comment but echoed the idea in the statement. "After thorough discussi

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mississippi river boat cruises View full size Clifford Cook took over the Vancouver Police Department amid a lawsuit accusing management of retaliation and discrimination. The suit was later settled. Clifford Cook -- the Vancouver Police Department chief who inherited a department accused of retaliation and discrimination by a former officer , then weathered a no-confidence mississippi river boat cruises vote from the police guild three years later -- intends to step down in September, mississippi river boat cruises announced mississippi river boat cruises City Manager Eric Holmes on Friday.
Cook's resignation will be the latest sign of strife for a department long dogged by controversy mississippi river boat cruises and battles between management and rank-and-file. The development comes two weeks after the city and the union wait for arbitration mississippi river boat cruises after reaching an impasse.
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"Chief Cook was recently brought to Vancouver with the intent and understanding that we would be in a growth mode, and that there would be additional resources in expanding the department," Holmes said in an interview, noting the department has lost about 25 officers since Cook began. "That clearly is not the case."
mississippi river boat cruises Cook could not be reached for comment but echoed the idea in the statement. "After thorough discussions mississippi river boat cruises with the City Manager and assessment of the challenges the department will face over the coming years, we came to the conclusion that the next chapter of VPD will benefit from fresh leadership," he wrote.
Police guild president Jeff Kipp welcomed the change. He said officers have long had issues about inconsistent or overly severe discipline among colleagues accused of wrongdoing, Kipp said, and Cook did nothing to "root it out."
A year ago, Holmes overturned Cook's decision to fire a detective accused of failing to disclose information about an officer's relationship with a confidential informant. Holmes, who became city manager in 2010 , reinstated the detective with a suspension.
Cook arrived in 2007 from Fort Worth, Texas, while fired officer Navin Sharma was suing the city. Sharma eventually won the $1.65 million, out-of-court settlement, which prompted a much-publicized external department review that revealed low morale and distrust.
The chief was charged with implementing the report's recommendations, such as revising protocol with internal affairs investigations, which some officers believed was used by management to retaliate against the rank-and-file. Some of Cook's changes encouraged union pushback, and officers eventually issued mississippi river boat cruises their no-confidence vote in 2010.
Some praised Cook's mississippi river boat cruises push to implement the recommendations. Former councilor Pat Campbell called him an excellent chief. "The problem is that he was trying to move a department around to one that was totally professional," Campbell said, "and unfortunately, a few folks from the department were fighting that tooth and nail."
Others expressed concern over the high turnover among management. "I think he made some good progress," said Councilor Jeanne Stewart, "and it continues to be concerning to me that we seem to rotate through police chiefs."