article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigned Wednesday, a week after a scathing the Ferguson Police Department report slammed Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson .
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson and the Ferguson Police Department "have agreed to a mutual separation," Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson officials announced.
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson also confirmed Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson resignation in a letter to Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson's mayor.
article_snippet: It is with profound sadness that I am announcing I am stepping down from my position as chief of police for the city of Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, Missouri," Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said, adding that serving the Ferguson Police Department as police chief "has been an honor and a privilege.
article_snippet: his resignation in a letter to Ferguson's mayor will go into effect March 19, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said, to "provide for an orderly transition of command."
article_snippet: But even though Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson's about to be out of a job, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson will still collect a paycheck.
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson will receive a severance payment and health insurance for one year, the Ferguson Police Department said, with Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff assuming Al Eickhoff duties during a nationwide search for a new chief.
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson Mayor James Knowles said Ferguson Mayor James Knowles couldn't go into details about the personnel discussions behind the decision to give Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson a year of severance pay.
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson's resignation is the latest fallout from the Justice Department report, which exposed problems in the city's policing tactics and faulted Ferguson's officers for seeing residents as "sources of revenue," a practice that federal investigators said disproportionately targeted African-Americans.
article_snippet: After Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson resignation Wednesday, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said in a written statement to CNN's Don Lemon that Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson was encouraged by The report's conclusion, which says that Ferguson "has the capacity to reform its approach to law enforcement."
article_snippet: When Jackson became Ferguson's police chief in 2010, it was supposed to be a relatively easy way to cap Jackson career in law enforcement.
highlights_snippet: Protesters gather outside the Ferguson Police Department, chanting "Fight back"
  Police Chief Thomas Jackson's resignation is effective March 19 .
  
highlights_snippet: the Ferguson Police Department says Police Chief Thomas Jackson's resignation'll get severance pay and health insurance for one year .