Former Montgomery Police Chief Darryl Albert, who resigned after being placed on administrative leave in April, is on the list of potential candidates to become the police chief in the capital city of Texas.
WSFA 12 News confirmed with the City of Austin that Albert is among the 32 candidates who applied for the APD position.
If selected for the job, Albert would lead a department in a city that the U.S. Census Bureau reports has a population of more than 960,000 residents. That’s nearly five times larger than Montgomery.Before Albert resigned from his position with MPD, he was placed on administrative leave. He was underwithin the department, according to Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed. The mayor said these were factors in the administrative leave but did not specify if they led to Albert’s departure.
Albert has never publicly addressed the reason for his administrative leave or resignation from MPD after serving as its chief since 2022.. The station reported that he faced an internal review over allegations of violating the department’s policy on sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation while overseeing the crime lab. The investigation’s results were never released publicly.
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