By Associated Press - Thursday, November 1, 2018

DALLAS (AP) - Two Dallas police majors are out of a job following internal affairs investigations, including one who helped shape a promotion exam but also had a test-prep business on the side.

A department statement says Police Chief U. Renee Hall fired Maj. LaToya Porter and Maj. Paulette Richardson during hearings Thursday. The department says Porter served as an expert for a sergeant assessment exam but also provided training through her private company. Dallas police previously threw out results from a promotion exam after learning Porter had the company.

An investigation also found that she created a conflict of interest when she represented a client, also a candidate for a promotion, in a “civil service matter.”



The department reports Richardson accepted gratuity or a gift from subordinate employees.

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