Jason Hare, the Cordova, Alabama police chief, resigns after a video exposes him sexually assaulting a female teen dispatcher.[VIDEO]

A newly recruited Alabama police chief has resigned after a newly leaked video appeared to show the official demonstrating aggressive behavior toward a minor female amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Cordova Police Chief Jason Hare, a husband and father, resigned on Monday, just four months after being hired.
Officials initiate a 'administrative' investigation on Cordova police chief.

AL.com reports that the alleged victim, a police dispatcher who has yet to be identified, is 18 years old. 

In a public statement, Mayor Jeremy Pate stated, "We are aware of information that is being circulated regarding a city employee, but it is our practice not to comment on specific personnel matters."


‘We take all reports of employee misconduct seriously and respond promptly and thoroughly.’

Pate affirmed that the initial investigation was administrative only and not criminal.

Jason Hare, Cordova, Alabama police chief resigns after video shows him sexually harassing female teen dispatcher.

Surveillance video (see below) captured on Aug. 26, 2025, shows the dispatcher at her computer as Hare approaches her a short time later. Coming to a still, the police officer begins to play with the dispatcher’s hair on top of her head.

The 18 year old makes a gesture to shoo the police chief away. Hare in turn leans all the way over her as they both appear to look at the dispatch screen.

Teen dispatcher was ‘too scared to death to say anything…’  

At one point, the cop grabs the girl’s head and pulls her toward him while he is standing and she is sitting.

Hare continues to get extremely close to the teen only to now put his hands around her neck as if ‘playfully’ choking her.

There was no audio to the video.

AL.com reports the teen dispatcher declining at the time to report the police chief. It wasn’t until another employee saw the video and alerted supervisors.

The teen dispatcher is alleged to have told a family member she was ’scared to death,’ and that it was ‘her first job.’

‘She wasn’t going to say anything,’ the family member said, ‘because she didn’t know what to do.’

Cordova is a small town of about 2,000 people about 30 miles northwest of Birmingham. Hare was sworn in as the town’s chief of police in late June, coming from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office.