Norristown police chief resigns after being placed on administrative leave
Jacqueline Bailey-Davis resigned on Tuesday. The former police chief had been placed on administrative leave on Nov. 25.
Chief Jacqueline Bailey-Davis has resigned after being placed on administrative leave. (6abc)
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Jacqueline Bailey-Davis resigned as chief of Norristown Police Department on Tuesday.
Bailey-Davis, who had served in the position since Jan. 2, was placed on administrative leave on Nov. 25 for what municipal officials described as confidential “personnel matters.”
The Montgomery County municipality said in a statement that “daily operations within the police department will continue as normal” while the search begins for a new leader of the approximately 100 sworn personnel and civilians working in the department.
Bailey-Davis, from Philadelphia, was the first Black woman to hold the police chief position in Norristown. She was the department’s third police chief in as many years.
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