Ortiz’s resignation to spur search for chief
New Haven Police Department chief will join YPD as director of public security at Yale West campus
New Haven Police Department Chief Francisco Ortiz announced last week that he will retire from his post in January to become the head of security at Yale’s new West campus, leaving City Hall to conduct a nationwide search for his successor in the coming weeks.
The announcement last Monday came three days after the Police Executive Research Forum — a panel of outside experts hired by the city in March — released its final draft of a report suggesting steps the city can take to overhaul the department. Ortiz said he is leaving to spend more time with his family and to allow a new...
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