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COPPING TO IT; WITH A NEW JOB AWAITING HIM IN OKLAHOMA, MIKE CHITWOOD REFLECTS ON HIS CONTROVERSIAL 17-YEAR CAREER WITH THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

"I'm calling," Mike Chitwood says into his cell phone, "to see if I can rent a truck for a one-way trip to Oklahoma."

Chitwood is driving south on Broad, toward home. He's put in a 14-hour shift, and his eyes are heavy. But he's smiling.

"I want to drive a truck to Shawnee, Okla.," he continues, "and leave it there. How much would that cost me?"

He listens to the response, snaps his phone shut and states the obvious. "Looks like I'm going," he says. "I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna go to Oklahoma."

Among many of his fellow officers, the departure of Philadelphia Police Lt. Michael Chitwood will be cause for mourning. If he wants to become police chief in Shawnee, Okla., they'll say, more ...

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