Austin police sergeant fired for lying about SXSW overtime

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Police Department sergeant is accused of repeatedly deceiving his superiors when he claimed to be taking a family vacation and was actually working overtime at South by Southwest.
Sgt. Richard Davis was fired by Interim Chief of Police Brian Manley on Friday, according to a police department disciplinary memo.
On Jan. 27, 2017, Davis emailed his Special Response Team (SRT) platoon leader that he would be unavailable to work South by Southwest on March 17-18.
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