Police Chief Is Latest Ferguson, Mo., Official To Resign

Published March 11, 2015 at 10:40 PM EDT

An assistant chief will replace Tom Jackson; a Justice Department probe following the shooting death of Michael Brown had found serious problems in how the department operated.

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