UC Davis police chief resigning after pepper spray [View all]
Source: AP
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) -- The police chief who oversaw the University of California, Davis, police department during its notorious pepper-spraying of Occupy protesters said Wednesday that she is stepping down.
UC Davis spokesman Barry Shiller said Annette Spicuzza told the school she is retiring effective Thursday.
Spicuzza told the Sacramento Bee ( http://bit.ly/HydOWH ) that she does not want the Nov. 18 incident to define her or the university, and she's leaving so everyone involved can move forward.
"For the past seven years, I have accomplished many good things for both the police department and community here at UC Davis; and am grateful to those of you who have remembered this," she wrote to the paper.
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