Police Chief Thomas Jackson announced he will resign from the Ferguson police department, which will take effect in March 19. 
“I believe this is the appropriate thing to do at this time,” Jackson said in an exclusive interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “This city needs to move forward without any distractions.”
Jackson, 57, is the sixth city employee to leave after the recent cases of racist police and court practices that aim only to raise the city’s revenue instead of protecting its citizens.
Jackson emailed his resignation letter to Mayor James Knowles. 
City officials confirmed Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff will be appointed as interim chief until a national search for a permanent chief starts.
Read the full story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.