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The District Attorney’s Office of Tarrant County recently completed its
review of these additional complaints and determined there was no
criminal conduct by the Chief of Police or any other member of the
Southlake Police Department. The District Attorney noted that the
information presented to the local grand jury did not establish a criminal
event, and therefore they were not empowered to go further with an
investigation. Although they declined prosecution, they referred the
reviewed cases and issues raised to the City of Southlake City
Manager’s Office for possible further review and assessment.
In March of 2008 the City Council approved an agreement with McNally &
Associates to “provide an independent review of the eight cases brought
to the DA’s office and to fully evaluate the facts and circumstances of
each case, the decision making process used in resolving those matters,
and to receive and assess information relevant to morale issues
currently impacting the Department.”
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At that time it was estimated that this review would take approximately
300 hours to complete. In March alone, the firm spent over 190 hours on
the project interviewing over 35 Police Officers and visiting in person
with the DA’s office. From April through June the firm spent over 250
hours on the project and we requested they make a presentation to DPS
leadership and employees of the findings. The firm did not charge any
fees for that trip.
Based on Ordinance No. 888, the City Manager has the authority to
authorize a change order up to 25% of the original contract so long as it
does not exceed $50,000. In June we approved an invoice for an
additional $20, 505. The remaining amount left on the invoice is $17, 332.
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