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After a two-day hearing where the dirty laundry piled up by former Fire Department Chief Carlos Elizondo was fully aired, the Brownsville Civil Service Commission denied his appeal to get his job back as a Brownsville firefighter.
The commission heard his appeal over a two-day period beginning Thursday morning and returned its decision late in the afternoon Friday after deliberating for about an hour.
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The Commission was charged with determining whether Elizondo should be reinstated as a civil servant for the Brownsville Fire Department.
After he was demoted as chief, Elizondo held the rank of lieutenant. That is the rank he held when he was placed on indefinite suspension.
After a two-day hearing where the dirty laundry piled up by former Fire Department Chief Carlos Elizondo was fully aired, the Brownsville Civil Service Commission denied his appeal to get his job back as a Brownsville firefighter.
The commission heard his appeal over a two-day period beginning Thursday morning and returned its decision late in the afternoon Friday after deliberating for about an hour.
The Commission was charged with determining whether Elizondo should be reinstated as a civil servant for the Brownsville Fire Department.After he was demoted as chief, Elizondo held the rank of lieutenant. That is the rank he held when he was placed on indefinite suspension.
Many observers say that the hearing before the commission was the first step by the former chief in anticipation of the filing a wrongful termination lawsuit in state or federal court.
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On Sept. 20, 2019, a jury of eight women and four men – after deliberating for about 4 hours – declared Elizondo not guilty on six counts of computer security breach and that he accessed the Brownsville Fire Department Emergency Reporting System while suspended by the city and without its consent to access the reporting system.
He still faces a separate indictment accusing him of theft and misapplication of fiduciary duty over allegations he stole from the firefighters association.
On Sept. 20, 2019, a jury of eight women and four men – after deliberating for about 4 hours – declared Elizondo not guilty on six counts of computer security breach and that he accessed the Brownsville Fire Department Emergency Reporting System while suspended by the city and without its consent to access the reporting system.He still faces a separate indictment accusing him of theft and misapplication of fiduciary duty over allegations he stole from the firefighters association.