EAST LANSING, Mich. — (WSYM)- East Lansing City Manager Robert Bellman announced East Lansing Police Chief Kim Johnson's resignation in a press release on Tuesday, May 28, more than a week after Johnson's last day, Monday, May 20.
Johnson had been on paid administration leave since April 11, when an internal complaint sparked an investigation by the city attorney.
Johnson started with ELPD in 1982. He retired as a captain in 2012 and returned as Chief on October 5, 2020.
According to the press release, Deputy Chief Chad Pride has been named interim police chief, effective immediately. Pride has been with the ELPD since January 2000.
The release says The City of East Lansing has started the search for a permanent chief of police.
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