Van
chief of police fired, mayor says
Michael Garcia
Fri, July 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM CDT·1 min read
VAN, Texas (KETK
Melissa Davis, the chief of police at Van Police Department was fired on Monday, according to the mayor of Van, Tammy Huff.
Former Van police chief Melissa Davis. Photo
courtesy of the city of Van.
The City Council held a closed session at 7 p.m. on Friday to discuss “the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of the Police Chief.” The council voted unanimously to table the matter until their next meeting on Thursday, July 11.
According to Clint McNear with the Texas Municipal Police Association, Davis was fired by the city
manager John Desha via letter on Monday after Davis reportedly didn’t want to fine victims of graffiti and instead organized the community to help clean the graffiti.
Mayor Huff could not explain why Davis was fired because the situation is a personnel matter.
