ULM Police Chief Larry Ellerman has retired from his service after being on administrative leave since early December. His retirement from the department has been planned for some time now.
Captain Dan Chason remains on administrative leave. It is unclear when or if he will be returning.
“Our investigation continues,” ULM spokesperson Laura Clark said in an email. “Decisions related to management structures have not yet been made.”
Police Lieutenant Montez Pate has taken over as acting chief of the department to temporarily oversee its day-to-day functions.
“He brought this department a long way,” Pate said about Ellerman. “We went from just a few men with just a couple of cars that you were kind of ashamed to drive to what we have today.”
