Inskter police chief Vicki Yost resigned on Wednesday, an Inkster police spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. Her resignation took effect immediately.
Yost initially gave 30 days' notice but Inkster City Manager Richard March released her immediately, according to WDIV.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced criminal charges against a former Inkster, Michigan, police officer who was caught on tape beating an unarmed black man in January.
Former Officer William Melendez, who was fired from the Inkster Police Department last week, was charged with misconduct in office and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to the Detroit News. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
"We cannot tolerate those who abuse their authority ... and prey on citizens," Worthy said of Melendez in a news conference Monday. "We cannot turn our heads when law enforcement becomes the lawbreaker."
In March, a dashboard camera video surfaced of Inkster police officers dragging Floyd Dent out of his car, putting him in an apparent chokehold, and beating and tasing him during a traffic stop.
Melendez can be seen in the video approaching the car with his gun drawn. Once on the ground, Melendez then punches Dent in the head 16 times.
"As a white male in America, I'm offended by what I saw," Dent's lawyer, Gregory Rohl, said during the March court hearing. "The brutality of that beating was inexcusable."
Dent was charged with assault, resisting arrest, and possession of cocaine. The assault and arrest charges were immediately dismissed. On April 22, a judge dismissed the drug charge as well.
Melendez was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for planting evidence and falsifying reports in 2003 when he was a Detroit police officer, but a jury found him not guilty.