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Residents accuse Cedar Park fire chief of withholding video in firefighter's civil‑service hearing; council says review ongoing
Summary
Two residents told the Cedar Park City Council that Fire Chief Mallinger withheld video evidence related to a firefighter's civil‑service hearing. The council said outside counsel is reviewing the complaint and that the Texas Attorney General is reviewing open‑records requests.
Two Cedar Park residents urged the City Council on July 10 to make public video they say was withheld from a 2024 civil‑service hearing involving firefighter Dean Doscher.
Karen Doscher and her husband, David Doscher, told the council they have subpoenas and records they say show the Cedar Park Fire Department turned footage over to the Texas A&M Forest Service the same day it was subpoenaed. "What Chief Mallinger did . . . is unconcealable and is not leadership," Karen Doscher said during the meeting's public‑comment period. "What the city council continues to do by hiding the truth is not only disgraceful, it is…
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