PARIS — Oxford County commissioners accepted the resignation of former Emergency Management Agency Director Scott Parker just before noon Tuesday.

Parker’s resignation was accepted “with regret,” according to a motion by the commission, which passed unanimously. According to County Administrator Scott Cole, Parker hand-delivered the letter Tuesday morning.

Commissioners voted to accept his resignation at the recommendation of the county’s attorney, Bryan Dench.

In May, Parker was the subject of an investigation by the sheriff’s office on whether he broke privacy laws in the use of emergency phone number databases for an emergency notification system that would inform residents of natural disasters or other emergencies.

The District Attorney’s office didn’t press charges, but Cole recommended commissioners fire Parker. In a letter to commissioners, Cole said Parker “demonstrated remarkably poor judgment.”

While commissioners considered whether to keep him on the job, Parker received support from other emergency management officials, including fire chiefs and the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency.

Cole said Allyson Hill, who has been the acting director since Parker was placed on leave late in May, will be the agency’s interim director until the commission figures out how to organize the office. Cole said that discussion is expected to carry on for weeks.

Hill is a six-year employee of the county’s Emergency Management Agency office.

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