Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins is leaving the department, taking a new job as Police Commissioner in Warren, Michigan in December.

Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins will leave the department after more than six years. Hawkins formally announced his departure Wednesday at police headquarters. Mayor Kathy Sheehan say he has accepted the position of police commissioner in Warren in his native Michigan.

ALBANY — City Police Chief Eric Hawkins is leaving the department for a job in Michigan. WTEN first reported the news in a sit-down interview with Hawkins and Mayor Kathy Sheehan. Hawkins will be taking a job to become the Police Commissioner for Warren, Michigan, near Detroit, according to an email obtained by the Times Union.

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