LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Dueling reactions from the best ranges of Henderson’s management painting an escalating quantity of strife within the wake of the police chief’s abrupt departure.
Hollie Chadwick, who took the helm of the Henderson Police Division (HPD) in Might 2023, left her job this week after the town issued her an ultimatum: resign inside 21 days or be fired. Chadwick was Henderson’s ninth police chief in 25 years.
Henderson police chief positioned on administrative go away
In an unique interview with the 8 Information Now Investigators, Ward III Councilwoman Carrie Cox stated she was not conscious of Chadwick’s departure till after it occurred. And provided concern over the route of the town’s police pressure. Cox had beforehand stated that the police pressure was undermanned and missing in sources.
“I’ll continue to advocate for them. I believe that public safety is the most important element in being able to govern,” Cox stated Friday, some 24 hours after Chadwick’s departure. “If we do not have effective public safety and we don’t take care of our first responders, and we don’t have enough first responders, then we’re in trouble as a city. And that goes to leadership. So, to have our department rocked in this way without any warning or any explanation, I just feel like it needed to be handled differently.”
Cox stated she has not spoken with Chadwick since she was jettisoned.
“I think how quickly this came about,” Cox added, “I would have preferred to see it have a different process.”
However earlier than the interview aired on 8 Information Now or was made public, the town – via a spokesperson – distanced itself from Cox and supplied the next assertion:
“Councilwoman Cox speaks on her own behalf,” the assertion stated. “She does not speak on behalf of the City. The City Manager presides over City operations and personnel matters such as this, not the Mayor or individual members of Council.”
Chadwick didn’t reply requests on Thursday for an interview.However the legal professional for 2 of the town’s police unions additionally weighed in on Friday, indicating a few of its members have been at odds with Chadwick.
“The City’s decision was not unexpected and was a long time coming,” Andrew Regenbaum, government director of the Nevada Affiliation of Public Security Officers (HPSA), informed the 8 Information Now Investigators. “The unions look forward to healing the divides that were created within the department and moving ahead collaboratively.”
Certainly, the Henderson Police Supervisors Affiliation filed a grievance in opposition to Chadwick – and the police division – in December 2024. The grievance accuses Chadwick, amongst different issues, of “union busting,” saying she “engaged in an unfair labor practice by arbitrarily punishing and retaliating against the HPSA President for conducting union business…”
Chadwick answered the union’s grievance with a request that or not it’s dismissed with out prejudice, in keeping with paperwork 8 Information Now Investigators. Subsequently, the town legal professional’s workplace filed a movement to remain the proceedings “till such time because the Metropolis can current an entire file from any Grievance Process such that the Board can precisely decide whether or not ‘the contractual issue[s were] factually parallel to the unfair labor practice issue[s].’”
A listening to on that movement is scheduled for March 14. Chadwick’s deadline to determine whether or not to take the town’s resignation supply is on March 6.
The town stated one in every of its deputy chiefs, Itzhak Henn, is the appearing chief.
