UPDATE: 10:43AM
Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In an email to our news department, the Fort Worth Police Department’s Public Information Office said:
“At this time Chief Fitzgerald has not accepted any job offer.”
And a tweet from the Baltimore mayor’s office says the the search continues.
Spokesperson for office of @MayorPugh50 says selection process for next BPD Commissioner “is still underway”..”no decision has been made.”
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) October 19, 2018
Original post:
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – After 3 years on the job, Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald is reportedly packing his bags to head up Baltimore’s embattled police department.
The Dallas Morning News reports, Mayor Betsy Price has confirmed “to Dallas media” that Fitzgerald has accepted the position.
He would be taking over a department that is under federal oversight for a pattern of “unconstitutional policing.”
Meantime the Baltimore Sun reports,
“Fitzgerald would be the fifth top leader of the Baltimore department since 2015.
(Copyright 2018 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from the Dallas Morning News and the Baltimore Sun)
