Bruce Jordan, former chief detective of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, has resigned effective today, officials confirmed Monday afternoon.

Jordan was demoted three ranks down to lieutenant in September for violating department policy. He had also been suspended, but he hired noted criminal defense attorney Lee Sexton to represent him in his appeal of the demotion.

The demotion came on the heels of a television news report that claimed Jordan improperly used funds from drug seizures to pay for two sheriff's detectives to travel to Tennessee to serve as security for a local youth baseball team. Jordan, whose son played on the team, has denied any wrongdoing and said part of the reason for the security was because of threats made against the team by another team that was slated to appear at the Tennessee tournament.

Sheriff Randall Johnson has not commented on what specific policies that Jordan was found to have violated.