Ex Police and Fire Chiefs Accuse Federal Heights Leadership of Retaliation Following Firings
By Gabriela Vidal | CBS Colorado
It's been four months since first responders and Federal Heights residents crowded council chambers, angered after now former police chief Robert Grado and fire chief Marc Mahoney were fired abruptly.
"It's been very emotionally draining, and there's not a minute of the day that this isn't on my mind," Grado told CBS Colorado. "We were great employees … I personally had gone a year without one resignation in my department."
The termination came after years of what they say was a breakdown in communication between their departments and the city, as well as city manager Jacqueline Halburnt's leadership.
"We were doing the best things for (our officers), and to try to get good change, to get progressive change (and) we were fir...