{"id":122159,"date":"2025-08-05T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122159\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:46:08","slug":"fort-worth-police-chief-finalists-to-speak-at-aug-14-forum-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122159\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth police chief finalists to speak at Aug. 14 forum \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Fort Worth says next week will mark a big step in the hiring process for the city\u2019s next police chief.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, city leaders had their longest public discussion so far about whether one candidate was given special consideration during the search.<\/p>\n<p>The city says that it didn\u2019t happen, and they are focused on hiring the best candidate for Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 14, finalists Robert Alldredge, Eddie Garcia, and Vernon Hale will appear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/government\/events\/police-chief\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/government\/events\/police-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a public forum<\/a> to answer questions from the community. They\u2019ll also face two days of interviews with community members and police department staff.<\/p>\n<p>As the date to name retired Chief Neil Noakes\u2019s successor approaches, some council members are still questioning the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there was some discrepancy of a candidate applying after the deadline. Do you have any information on that?\u201d Councilmember Chris Nettles asked city staff during Tuesday\u2019s council work session.<\/p>\n<p>For weeks, Nettles said he\u2019s been hearing concerns about transparency in the search and whether former Dallas Chief Eddie Garcia submitted his application after the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>That question led to a tense exchange with Fort Worth City Manager Jay Chapa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncilman, we had this conversation,\u201d Chapa said in response to Nettles\u2019s question about whether Garcia missed the application deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did, but I want to ask it publicly,\u201d Nettles replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so I\u2019d like to answer publicly,\u201d Chapa continued.<\/p>\n<p>City staff said Garcia did not miss the deadline. They said candidates were encouraged to apply by June 4, but the city told its search firm, Mosaic, to accept applications through June 16. Garcia\u2019s application was submitted before that date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was not a hard deadline, there was no special treatment,\u201d Chapa said. \u201cThere was nothing like that in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Deborah Peoples said she was glad the conversation happened publicly in the interest of transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Nettles said he believes future executive searches should have a hard deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Chapa said his focus remains on hiring the best candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, as city manager, I want to hire the best police chief in the country for our position,\u201d Chapa said.<\/p>\n<p>The city says after next week\u2019s forum and interviews, they\u2019ll identify a top candidate, extend an offer, and present the final choice to the city council. That\u2019s expected to happen next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Fort Worth says next week will mark a big step in the hiring process for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,47193,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-122159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-eddie-garcia","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114978828356379802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}