Tell City’s assistant police chief has stepped down. According to the Perry County News, John Allen has served as assistant chief since 2008, but cited personal reasons for stepping down from that position and remaining with the department on patrol. Allen joined the city police force in December 1993 and was promoted to assistant chief in April 2008 by Mayor Barbara Ewing, at the same time that Greg Hendershot was named chief. One of Allen’s duties has been overseeing the TCPD’s dispatch center.