Adrian Smith: “Our last police chief was wrongfully terminated. And what…”

“We need a police chief from without. We need to do a national search and bring in another police chief who knows nothing about Fort Worth, because we saw what happened with Our last police chief was wrongfully terminated. And what did it cost us, we, the taxpayers? $5,000,000. $5,200,000 to be exact. Exactly because he was wrongfully terminated. Why? Because he turned into a whistleblower, saying so I want a police chief who's going to hold officers accountable, hold his, hold his officers accountable as well as be accountable himself to the, to the position he holds.” (13:38)

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