The UMass Amherst Police Chief is leaving to take a new job.
John Horvath, who became UMass Amherst Police Chief in 2012 has been hired to be the chief of police in Rockport, a seacoast town north of Boston. UMass Amherst spokesman Ed Blaguszewski confirmed Horvath is planning to leave.
"We will have some time to decide on a succession," said Blaguszewski. " I believe the chief is planning to stay until the end of the semester."
Horvath come up through the ranks in the Hartford, Connecticut Police Dept. before he was hired at UMass. Days before accepting the new job he helped oversee a security plan that kept in check confrontations between students and police during the annual Blarney Blowout.
