Houston, Tx
City of Spring Valley Village parts ways with police chief after discrepancies found in overtime pay
Chief Loyd Evans was positioned on administrative go away earlier this month after he was accused of authorizing almost $300,000 in extra time pay for himself.
SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE, Texas — Town of Spring Valley Village and its police chief have formally parted methods after accusations that the police chief approved almost $300,000 in extra time pay for himself.
Originally of April, a particular assembly was held and Chief Loyd Evans introduced he can be leaving his place as chief of police. That announcement got here after Evans was positioned on administrative go away for “very substantial quantities of extra time” that he reportedly signed off on and paid himself.
Houston-area police chief to resign after being accused of authorizing almost $300K in extra time pay for himself
The ultimate determination for town and Chief Evans to half methods was made throughout a council assembly on Tuesday. Town of Spring Valley Village stated the chief shall be retiring, efficient April 30.
The small print on what went into the separation weren’t instantly accessible. KHOU 11 has submitted a request to town of Spring Valley Village for these particulars.
Town of Spring Valley Village launched the next assertion on its determination to separate from Chief Evans:
To the Residents of Spring Valley Village,
The final two years have been difficult for us all. The pandemic has prompted mandates, emergency declarations, and adjustments that none of us may have foreseen. We additionally lived by means of a summer time of public unrest and an unprecedented freeze. By way of all of it, your Metropolis has adjusted rapidly and continued to thrive.
For 30 years, Loyd Evans served the Metropolis of Spring Valley Village. His dedication and professionalism had been past query and we admire his service to our Metropolis.
Tuesday evening, the Metropolis parted methods with Loyd. He shall be retiring efficient April 30.
Our focus as a Metropolis Council has all the time been to create a protected, pleasant, and thriving group for our residents and that was our focus as we labored to discover a peaceable finish to our working relationship with Loyd.
Your Police Division and Employees have been exemplary throughout this time. Below the management of Performing Chief Schulze, they’ve continued to serve our residents on the identical excessive stage and can proceed to take action.
We as a Council and Metropolis Employees take our vows to the Metropolis, State of Texas, and our nation critically. We all know unquestionably that our Police take the oath to serve our residents very critically as nicely.
Transferring ahead, the Metropolis shall be analyzing all programs and processes pertaining to approval of worker extra time pay and contemplating further safeguards to forestall abuse of belief by senior Metropolis staff. We’re additionally dedicated to having an impartial guide carry out a assessment of our operations to make sure that Spring Valley residents proceed to obtain exemplary service.
The place we are able to enhance, we’ll enhance. Our precedence is to insure our Police Division continues to offer the fantastic service the staff has executed traditionally making our group one of many most secure within the nation.
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