BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) — A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges that he used the city’s automated license plate recognition cameras to stalk and harass multiple people.

Michael Steffman, 49, had been the police chief since April in Braselton, about 45 miles (73 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta. He had worked as an officer in the fast-growing town of 17,000 since 2005.

He announced his resignation Wednesday, just before his arrest by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation became public. The GBI filed charges against Steffman of stalking, harassing communications, misuse of automated license plate recognition systems and violating his oath as a public officer.

Steffman was taken to the Jackson County jail and released on $13,000 bail. An agent for the GBI didn’t immedia

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