When Portland police officials announced last month that former Chief Chuck Lovell was leaving the city for another law enforcement job, they declined to name the public entity.
On Monday, the Port of Portland confirmed that 52-year-old Lovell became a captain with the agency on Dec. 30.
Lovell, who became chief in 2020 and stepped down in 2023 to become an assistant chief, will earn an annual salary of $176,200, according to the port.
That’s down from the $230,000 he made with the city, where he started as an officer in 2002.
A spokesperson for Portland’s Bureau of Fire and Police Disability and Retirement, the pension system for officers hired before 2007, said Lovell has not retired from the system.
City rules say a person must be 50 years old with 25 years of service or 55 to retire.
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