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Former firefighter alleges cover-up in Bexley apartment blaze; council says outside investigation under way
Summary
Several former and current firefighters accused department leadership of withholding evidence and mishandling an August 2023 apartment fire; the Cedar Park City Council said it has engaged outside experts to investigate and will report back at a future meeting.
Dean Doscher, a former Cedar Park firefighter, told the City Council during public communications that he was terminated after refusing to accept what he described as a false account of the August 2023 Bexley apartment fire. “I stand before you as someone who chose truth over comfort, integrity over silence,” Doscher said, and accused leadership of withholding video evidence and exposing firefighters to danger.
Doscher said he was offered “an ultimatum, accept a 60 day suspension with no right to appeal and be forced into silence or face termination,” and that leadership “set my partner and me into extreme danger…
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