Portland police official resigns over texts

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Police Chief Mike Reese said Friday that Mike Kuykendall will resign as director of services because he sent unprofessional text messages to a subordinate.

The Police Bureau has not disclosed what was said in the text messages. Reese, however, said in a statement that Kuykendall sent inappropriate messages about another member of the Police Bureau to the subordinate. Kuykendall and the unidentified subordinate used their personal cellphones to exchange the texts, the chief said.

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