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Police Chief Resigns After DUI Arrest
School Begins Search For New Chief
POSTED: 11:34 am EDT October 1, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Center Grove Schools Police Chief John Cox resigned earlier this week after an arrest last weekend on a drunken driving charge.Superintendent Steven Stephanoff said Thursday that Cox tendered his resignation to the school board on Tuesday.The school board has accepted the resignation and will begin a search for a new police chief.The Johnson County Sheriff's Department said Cox, 48, had been drinking before he came upon a checkpoint Friday in the 1100 block of North Madison Avenue.According to police, Cox told an officer that he slept in his truck for a couple of hours before hitting the road after spending the evening at a nearby bar.Cox had been suspended without pay after the incident. He had previously worked for police departments in Fishers and Key West, Fla.
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