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Cedar Park resident alleges wrongful termination of former firefighter during public comment
Summary
Karen Doscher told council her son, a former Cedar Park firefighter, was wrongfully terminated after the August 2023 Bedsleap apartment fire and that evidence favorable to him was withheld during a civil service hearing; council took no formal action during public comment.
During the council’s public communications period, Karen Doscher addressed the council and said her son, Dean Doscher, a former Cedar Park firefighter who served five years, was wrongfully terminated over a year ago following the August 2023 Bedsleap apartment fire.
Doscher said her son provided documents to the city outlining the situation and alleged that crucial video and audio evidence proving his innocence was improperly withheld at a seven-day civil service hearing. She said the evidence had to be subpoenaed and that the fire department’s investigator did not review it; she told the council the hearing was recorded and is available on the city’s website. She characterized the city’s treatment of her son as an injustice that has had emotional and financial consequences.
Under the city’s public comments rules read at the start of the period, council members may respond only with factual statements, cite existing policy, or request items be placed on a future agenda; they may not deliberate during public communications. The transcript records no formal council action or direction taken in response to Doscher’s remarks during the meeting.
