Also in the Seattle Times[0], an interesting quote, apparently by Clemans:

    “Basically, it all went to hell,” said Clemans, describing his 
    relationship with the department. “The problem is [the department] 
    wants to use technology, but it wants to have vendors who build 
    these large systems that cost a lot of money and are hard to implement. 

    I want things to go fast and I’ve been working with people 
    who realize government moves slowly.” 

It seems Clemans got frustrated by the inefficiencies of bureaucracy, and the department got fed up with his disruptive attitude.

[0]http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/spd-tech-officer-re...