A third Denver public safety department will soon be without a permanent leader after Fire Chief Eric Tade submitted his resignation Monday amid controversy surrounding two parties reportedly rife with coarse humor. Eric Tade Tade now joins the ranks of the former sheriff, Patrick Firman, and former public safety director, Troy Riggs, who also left their leadership positions within the past six months. Tade will remain within the department, though at a substantially lower salary. Similarly, Firman found a soft landing pad elsewhere in the city, also with lower pay.