-10-.
-10-. THIS MONTH... FORMER LIBERTY HILL POLICE CHIEF
MAVERICK CAMPBELL SUED HIS
FORMER EMPLOYER - AND
THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN.
BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY
AND A HISTORY OF
SPATS BETWEEN CAMPBELL AND MAYOR
RICK HALL - AS KVUE'S
MIKE MARUT AND HANK CAVAGNARO
FOUND OUT.
FOUND OUT. INTRO: FOR BOTH THE INTRO AND
THE CLOSE, I SEE THIS PLAYING OUT
WITH MUSIC AND SOME NATS FROM
THE B-
ROLL JACKSON AND I GOT CONNECTED
IN THERE... IF YOU NEED ME TO
SCRIPT THE NATS LET ME KNOW
MUSIC
MB 1:32 "YOU LIVE IN A SMALL
TOWN AND EVERYTHING IS
NICE AND GREAT
MD 4:00 "IT'S BEEN A VERY QUIET
AND PEACEFUL
TOWN..."
JM 0:42 "WE WENT FROM BEING A
UNITED TOWN TO WHAT
FEELS LIKE WE'RE DIVIDED..."
MUSIC DROP
MB 2:26 "YOU HEAR ONE SIDE...
YOU HEAR THE OTHER SIDE
THAT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER AND
YOU CAN'T
HELP BUT WONDER WHAT'S THE
TRUTH..."
MUSIC
TRUTH..." MUSIC MD 0:52 "A LOT OF UNKNOWNS I
GUESS..."
JM 1:47 "IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WE'RE IT'S JUST
SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH..."
JM 8:57 "IT'S A TUG OF WAR...
IT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR
THE CITIZENS... BECAUSE IT'S DO
WE BELIEVE THIS... DO WE
BELIEVE THAT... DO WE BELIEVE
THIS... DO WE BELIEVE THAT...
MUSIC STARTS TO FADE AFTER A
BUMP
IN LIBERTY HILL... WHERE
EVERYONE KNOWS
EVERYONE'S BUSINESS...
EVERYONE'S BUSINESS...
JM
JM 0:40
JM 0:40 IT'S KINDA CHAOS... THERE'S A LOT PEOPLE. STILL... DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
FIRING OF FORMER POLICE CHIEF
MAVERICK CAMPBELL
NAT
I MEAN, FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN. I THOUGHT MAVERICK
WAS DOING A GREAT
JOB. THIS IS THE MAYOR RICK
HALL... HE AND THE CITY
COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION TO LET
GO OF CAMPBELL IN
MARCH...
HALL
MARCH... HALL I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THE CITY
EXPLAINS WHY WE DID WHAT
WE DID CAMPBELL " HE TOOK
OVER AS THE MAYOR AND HE
EXPRESSED AN
INTEREST IN THE DEPARTMENT,
WHICH I SAW AS BEING, YOU
KNOW, GENUINE IN THE BEGINNING.
"
AND THIS IS MAVERICK CAMPBELL...
9:01 "YES ABSOLUTELY..."
YOU
YOU COULD
YOU COULD SAY THE TWO RESPECTED EACH OTHER... UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR...
I WAS TRULY SHOCKED WHEN
I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT
THAT HAPPENED IN
NEW JERSEY. CAMPBELL AND
HIS WIFE - NANCY - WENT
TO ATLANTIC CITY FOR THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGAINST DRUGS CONFERENCE.
ACCORDING TO A NEW JERSEY STATE
POLICE REPORT... THEY
GOT INTO A SHOUTING MATCH ON A
CASINO FLOOR.
- WIFE:
WELL, THE INCIDENT IN NEW JERSEY
WAS THE FACT THAT
WE HAD A SIMPLE DISAGREEMENT. I
CHOSE TO
WALK AWAY WITH A FEMALE SECURITY
GUARD JUST TO
COOL OFF.
THE REPORT SAYS CAMPBELL THREW A
CHAIR AND KNOCKED
OVER A TRASH CAN DURING THE
ARGUMENT BEFORE NANCY
LEFT
THERE ARE NO CHARGES... BUT THE
INCIDENT WAS THE
DECIDING FACTOR FOR LIBERTY HILL
TO FIRE CAMPBELL.
THE CITY COUNCIL
DISCUSSING IT FELT LIKE THAT
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO
VIOLATE HIS CONTRACT FOR A
COMEBACK AND BECOMING
A MISCONDUCT AS A POLICE
OFFICER. WHAT HAPPENED
IN NEW JERSEY... PUT CAMPBELL
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNDER A MICROSCOPE...
COUNCILMEMBER
MY VOTE TO TERMINATE WAS
NOT BASED ON NEW JERSEY. IT WAS
BASED ON WHAT WAS
HAPPENING AND THE RESULTS OF OUR
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
BY OUR H.R. DIRECTOR. HC:
COUNCIL MEMBER TONY
DEYOUNG... AND THE REST OF THE
CITY COUNCIL SAW
REPORTS OF AN UNHEALTHY WORK
ENVIRONMENT...
HALL:
ENVIRONMENT... HALL: ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICERS HAD
TOLD ME THAT
THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO
LEAVE THE
DEPARTMENT TONY DEYOUNG -
CITY COUNCILMEMBER
THERE WAS A REALLY
UNHEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT. IT
WAS
BORDERING ON ALMOST HARASSMENT
OF ITS OFFICERS,
OFF OFF DUTY POSITIONS OVER
THEIR HEAD, CITY LEADERS
SAY - ALL OF THIS WEIGHED INTO
CAMPBELLS TERMINATION...
CAMPBELL
THERE WAS NEVER ANYBODY COMING
FORWARD
SAYING THERE A VOTE OF NO
CONFIDENCE IN OUR POLICE
CHIEF. NO POLICE OFFICERS
AT LIBERTY HILL
RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR
INTERVIEWS.
SINCE THEN... CAMPBELL FILED A
FORMAL GRIEVANCE
AGAINST THE MAYOR...
THAT BROUGHT UP ANOTHER INCIDENT
BACK IN JANUARY...
CAR NATS FROM CANYON OF THE
EAGLES
MM: WHERE CITY LEADERS WENT TO
CANYON OF THE
EAGLES IN BURNET FOR A RETREAT -
FAMILIES
WELCOME... INCLUDING CAMPBELLS
KIDS WHO WERE
PLAYING NEAR THE MAYOR...
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED
WAS I ASKED THE KIDS NOT TO
THROW GRAVEL TO GO PLAY
WITH
WITH THE
WITH THE TREE CAMPBELL FOLO THE BOYS WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, PLAYFULLY TUGGING ON HIS
SHIRT. AND
THAT'S WHEN HE CAME OUT AND
CALLED
CALLED THEM THE N-WORD AND SAY HE'S GONNA HANG THEM FROM A TREE. NATS
BUT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER KATHY CANADY WHO WAS
THERE... THAT NEVER HAPPENED...
B-ROLL OF HER IS IN THE 0301 SOT
FILE IN T:USERHOLDTJA
MESLIBERTY HILL - SHE'S THE ONE
SPEAKING IN THE SOT
KATHY CANADY - CITY
COUNCILMEMBER
" I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO
TESTIFY TO WHAT I DID HEAR. AND
THAT WAS NEVER, EVER SAID BY
EITHER HIM OR HIS WIFE. "
BOTH CAMPBELL AND HALL SAY THE
OTHER PERSON WAS
TOO DRUNK AT THE EVENT.
HE WALKED WITH AN
UNSTEADY GAIT. HE WAS KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, SLURRING HIS
WORDS AND SAYING SOME STUFF. ONE
OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAD TO HELP HIM UP AND
TAKE HIM BACK TO HIS
ROOM BECAUSE HE WAS SO DRUNK
THAT HE COULDN'T WALK
ON
ON HIS
ON HIS OWN TWO FEET NATS EARLIER THIS MONTH... CAMPBELL SUED THE CITY FOR
WRONGFUL TERMINATION...
:THE MAYOR SEES IT
DIFFERENTLY...
WOULD YOU TAKE THE JOB
BACK IF THE LEGAL SYSTEM FOUND
IT JUSTIFIED?
I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
BUT JUST ONLY FOR A SECOND,
BECAUSE I LOVE THE COMMUNITY SO
MUCH, I THINK MY HEART
WOULD SPEAK LOUDER THAN THAN MY
ACTIONS
ACTIONS START BRINGING IN THE MUSIC IF A JUDGE ORDERED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO MY
JOB TOMORROW. I DON'T KNOW IF I
COULD DO THAT RIGHT AWAY,
ESPECIALLY UNDER HIM,
HALL
SO YOU FEEL THIS IS A CASE OF A
DISGRUNTLED
EMPLOYEE? ABSOLUTELY. AND
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
SAYING ALL ALONG BOTH OF
THEM... AND THE TOWN...
JUST LOOKING TO KNOW MORE... THE
TRUTH NEEDS TO COME
OUT.
OUT. SIMULTANEOUSL Y?! THE TRUTH IS GONNA COME OUT CLOSE MUSIC
JM 0:51 "AND THE SAID THING IS
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS...
SOMEBODY IS HURT OFF OF IT..."
JM 9:22 "I DON'T KNOW THERE WILL
BE A SOLUTION..."
MUSIC
MB 4:07 "AGAIN... YOU DON'T KNOW
THE TRUTH... I DON'T
KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY TO THAT...
IT'S CRAZY..."
MD 2:42 "IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE
JUST FIGHTING AND
BICKERING BACK AND FORTH... AND
AGAIN WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH..."
MB 4:34 "I HOPE THERE'S A
RESOLUTION I HOPE
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A
MISUNDERSTANDING..."
MUSIC
MISUNDERSTANDING..." MUSIC JM 9:37 THE ONLY WAY THAT WE GET
A SOLUTION IS
FOR THE JUDGE TO POUND A GAVEL
AND SAY THIS IS IT..."
IN LIBERTY HILL WITH HANK
CAVAGNARO - MKE MARUT
KVUE NEWS.
KVUE NEWS.
CAMPBELL'S LAWSUIT CALLS FOR HIM TO BE REINSTATED AS POLICE CHIEF OF LIBERTY HILL.
HE WOULD REPLACE HIS FORMER
LIEUTENANT AND
CURRENT POLICE CHIEF - "ROYCE
GRAETER."
GRAETER."
GRAETER." WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE--
MAYOR HALL IS UP FOR RE- ELECTION THIS YEAR.
THE CITY'S MAYORAL ELECTION GOT
POSTPONED
UNTIL NOVEMBER-- AND "LIZ
BRANIGAN" IS
CHALLENGING HIM.