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Norristown police chief resigns after less than a year as top cop

Norristown Police Chief Jacqueline Bailey-Davis resigned Tuesday after about a month on leave, officials said.

Norristown Police Chief Jacqueline Bailey-Davis, talks with Kendra Van de Water, co-founder of YEAH Philly, Ray Jones, and Tyler Wood after a pitch contest at REC Philly in Philadelphia on Aug. 12, 2024. Teens from different organizations put together videos and presentations to reduce gun violence.
Norristown Police Chief Jacqueline Bailey-Davis, talks with Kendra Van de Water, co-founder of YEAH Philly, Ray Jones, and Tyler Wood after a pitch contest at REC Philly in Philadelphia on Aug. 12, 2024. Teens from different organizations put together videos and presentations to reduce gun violence.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer

After less than a year as top cop, Norristown Police Chief Jacqueline Bailey-Davis has resigned from her post, officials in the municipality said Thursday.

Bailey-Davis, 54, left the job she had held since January on Tuesday, officials said. Before her resignation, Bailey-Davis had been on leave since late November, said Kevin Tustin, a spokesperson for Norristown.

Citing the confidentiality of personnel matters, Tustin would not say why Bailey-Davis had been placed on leave or why she resigned. But he said that her departure was “amicable” and that her decision to leave was made in consultation with municipal officials.

“This was a mutual, amicable decision between the police chief and the municipality,” Tustin said in an emailed statement. “We will continue to provide the best police services to our community as we look to the future for a new chief.”

When reached by phone, Bailey-Davis declined to comment.

Bailey-Davis resigned just over two weeks shy of her one-year anniversary as the chief of Norristown’s police department, which has 100 officers and civilian staff working for the town of more than 35,000 residents.

Norristown Police Lt. James Angelucci, who has been with the department for 29 years, will serve as interim police chief, Tustin said.