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UPDATED: Bainbridge police chief resigns

Bainbridge Island Police Chief Matt Haney is leaving his post to take a job with an Eastern Washington tribe next month.

Haney, 55, gave official notice of his resignation today.

He’ll continue as chief until mid-February. Deputy Chief Jon Fehlman, who was hired in November, will take over the department until a replacement is selected, Mayor Darlene Kordonowy said.

Haney will retire from the state retirement system before assuming his new duties as the Confederated Tribes of the Colville’s chief of police.

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Deputy police chief retires early

The Bainbridge Island Police Department’s first ever deputy chief will retire a year earlier than anticipated so he and his family can move to the east side of the state.

Deputy Chief Mark Duncan will end his 30-year career in law enforcement on Tuesday when he takes a nearly two-month leave of absence before his official retirement in late November.

“We plan to move east of the mountains, and that isn’t an easy commute in the winter time,” Duncan said. “I’m retiring because we’re moving out of the area, and so I’m (leaving) a year before I normally would.”

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