<p>By TOMMY REZAC</p><p><i>St. Joseph Post</i></p><p>The city of Stewartsville in DeKalb County will be looking for a new police chief.</p><p>Stewartsville City Hall confirmed in a Facebook post Tuesday that Police Chief Andrew Porter has resigned to take "a better job opportunity for his family."</p><p>Porter had been Stewartsville's police chief for two years, but had served on the force for a number of years prior to that.</p><p>Stewartsville city clerk Megan Foreman says the DeKalb County Sheriff's office will provide law enforcement assistance to Stewartsville in the mean time.</p><p>The Stewartsville City Council will discuss the next steps forward for the police department at their next meeting on March 9.</p><p>Any Stewartsville resident who needs law enforcement assistance is asked to call the DeKalb County Sheriff's office or 911 if it is an emergency.</p><div><div id="fb-root"></div>
<script async defer crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v10.0" nonce="V9W6Gju7"></script></div><div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/CityHallStewartsville/posts/4384555091573642" data-width="500" data-show-text="true"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/CityHallStewartsville/posts/4384555091573642" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>I have been getting several calls on our PD so I would like to address it.

Unfortunately, Chief Porter has resigned. He...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityHallStewartsville/">City Hall of Stewartsville, Missouri</a> on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityHallStewartsville/posts/4384555091573642">Tuesday, February 23, 2021</a></blockquote></div></div><p><i>You can follow St. Joseph Post on Twitter @StJosephPost.</i></p>

Stewartsville Police Chief taking new job, DeKalb County Sheriff to provide aid