ELLSWORTH, Maine — After holding the position for just under a year, Police Chief Christopher Coleman has decided he wants to try something new.
For that reason, Coleman said Monday, he has decided to resign as head of the Ellsworth Police Department. He will stay on for another “month or two” to give city officials time to find a replacement.
“I think I was looking for something different from the Maine State Police, and this is similar to that job,” Coleman said.
He was head of the state police’s northern major crimes unit when he left that law enforcement agency last September. He had been with the state police for 25 years, having started as a patrol trooper in 1990.
Coleman, a Bucksport native who lives in Surry, said he is not sure what kind of work he will look for next, but that he would like to have some sort of community service role in whatever it might be — “just maybe not with a gun and a badge.”
Coleman said he is not planning on leaving the area after his resignation goes into effect. There are a few more projects with the department, which he did not specify, that he said he wants to finish before departing.
“I think this is wonderful job for the right person, I just don’t think the right person is me,” he said.
Attempts Monday afternoon to contact Ellsworth City Manager David Cole about Coleman’s pending departure were unsuccessful.
