Dallas police chief Eddie Garcia sat down with FOX 4's Steven Dial to discuss his retirement from the police department.
Dallas police chief Eddie Garcia will be on the job for one more month before taking a new assistant city manager job in Austin.Garcia will oversee public safety in Austin under his old boss in Dallas, T.C. Broadnax.The leadership shakeup comes after Garcia reached an agreement with the City of Dallas in May that would have kept him in Dallas into 2027.
"Garcia also thinks the Dallas Police Department is in a good position to hand the keys over while things are going well.The chief called being in law enforcement a sprint, not a marathon and he wanted to be able to be in a position with better work-life balance."I've been sprinting for a while, and it would have been 33 years in February. My kids played a big role in it. They are young adults, and they are going to start families of their own and I want to be present.
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