{"id":164606,"date":"2025-08-21T19:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/164606\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:51:14","slug":"eddie-garcia-named-fort-worth-police-chief-after-less-than-a-year-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/164606\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Garc\u00eda named Fort Worth police chief after less than a year in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update: <\/p>\n<p>This story is developing. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Former Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garc\u00eda has been named the next chief of the Fort Worth Police Department, city officials announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Fort Worth City Manager Jay Chapa, who announced the hire in a news release, said Garc\u00eda was one of 50 applicants from across the country. The process to pick the city\u2019s next top cop, he wrote, began in February, and included a meet and greet, community forum and interviews with police command staff, police associations, community stakeholders and city leadership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Garc\u00eda, who is currently an assistant city manager in Austin, led the Dallas police department for about 3\u00bd years. Before that, he spent about 30 years with the San Jose Police Department, leaving as its chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Garc\u00eda was succeeded in April by Dallas police Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2025\/04\/11\/5-things-to-know-about-dallas-new-police-chief\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Comeaux<\/a>, formerly the special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s Houston Field Division.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2025\/08\/15\/ex-dallas-police-chief-eddie-garcia-says-family-led-to-possible-north-texas-return\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2025\/08\/15\/ex-dallas-police-chief-eddie-garcia-says-family-led-to-possible-north-texas-return\/\">At a community forum last week,<\/a> Garc\u00eda said his time in Austin taught him about city management and the other side of running a police department. But over the last eight months, he realized he was \u201cborn to be a police officer,\u201d adding he also wanted to return to North Texas to be closer to his mother and daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cAt the end of the day, I\u2019m a cop,\u201d Garc\u00eda said. \u201cWhen I saw this opportunity come, it was a great opportunity for an amazing city that supports its police officers, but also holds their officers accountable as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update: This story is developing. Check back for updates. 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