Burrel Davis fired as La Vergne police chief amid scandal
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Top row, L-R: Chief Burrel “Chip” Davis, Sgt. Henry Ty McGowan, Det. Seneca Shields. Bottom row, L-R: Officer Juan Lugo-Perez, Sgt. Lewis Powell, Officer Maegan Hall (via La Vergne, Tenn. Police Department).

The top cop at a Tennessee police department has been fired after less than two years on the job amid a widening sexual misconduct scandal.

Burrel “Chip” Davis was terminated from his role on Monday, the La Vergne Police Department said in a statement emailed to Law&Crime. The firing came hours after he was placed on administrative leave earlier that day when the city says it was notified of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint.

Davis was fired because of his apparent role in a sexual misconduct scandal that has engulfed at least eight other members of the La Vergne police force.

“During the course of the investigation into sexual misconduct within LPD, city officials hired an outside third-party investigator to look into exactly what Davis knew, and when,” a statement from the city of La Vergne said. “The third-party investigator concluded Davis was aware of the sexual misconduct within his department and never reported or disciplined any of the officers involved.”

The investigation also concluded that Davis “impeded the initial investigation into sexual misconduct,” contrary to city policy, the statement said, adding that Davis “permitted — if not encouraged — conduct potentially contrary to state and federal law.”

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