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Camas police chief announces retirement plans

After 32 years on the Camas Police Department, including 14 years as its chief, Mitch Lackey will retire within the year

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Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey (right) discusses his department's third annual free bike helmet program in July 2017, while 14-year-old Hayden Stinchfield, who suffered injuries during a bicycling accident in 2017, looks on. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

After 32 years with the Camas Police Department – and 14 years as its chief – Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey has announced he will retire within the year.

At the Camas City Council meeting held Monday, April 4, Lackey said he had given Camas Mayor Steve Hogan his letter of intent to retire earlier that day. 

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