Crime & Safety

Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald Loses Fight To Keep Old Job From Being Filled

Judge Gena Slaughter cleared the way for the city to hire a permanent replacement.

Joel Fitzgerald
Joel Fitzgerald (CBS 11 News)

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth’s fired police chief lost his fight Thursday to keep that position open so he could get his job back.

Judge Gena Slaughter cleared the way for the city to hire a permanent replacement, but she was critical of the way city leaders fired Fitzgerald.

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