Meyer retiring from Erie and for good David E. Meyer is retiring again from a police force, but this time for good. Meyer, 67, retired Tuesday as police chief for Erie Township, a post he’s held since last fall while also serving as a school resource officer for Mason Consolidated Schools. The former Michigan State Police trooper for 32 years and liaison officer for Dundee Community Schools has been heading the township police force since last September when he was named to lead the department while Chief Dean Ansel was on a medical leave recovering from a back injury suffered last summer. But this time he’s leaving police work for good.