FORMER SANTA FE POLICE CHIEF ERIC GARCIA WAS ABOUT TO BE FIRED WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT LAST MONTH. THAT ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, WHICH OBTAINED EMAILS SHOWING CITY MANAGER BRIAN SNYDER WAS PREPARING TO FIRE GARCIA.
THE EMAILS ALSO SHOW SNYDER AND MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES HAD AGREED ON A PLAN TO REPLACE GARCIA WITH NOW-INTERIM POLICE CHIEF PATRICK GALLAGHER. GARCIA TOLD THE NEW MEXICAN IN AN INTERVIEW HE WAS NOT FORCED OUT.
