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The Fairfax County Democratic Committee wants county leaders to fire newly hired county Police Chief Kevin Davis in response to continued controversy surrounding his history as an officer.
The local political group passed a motion at its general membership meeting yesterday (Tuesday) recommending that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors fire Davis, reopen the police search, and implement a transparent hiring process.
“We believe we need to overhaul the criminal justice system from top to bottom, to end racial inequity in policing, end police brutality and build a police force built on trust where our residents don’t need to worry about protecting their families from the police sworn to protect and serve them,” FCDC said.
UpdatedMon, May 17, 2021 at 1:56 pm ET
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Chairman Jeff McKay of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors said new Police Chief Kevin Davis, shown here, has numerous qualifications that made him the ideal candidate to reform the police department. (Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA Board members were aware of two civil lawsuits filed against Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis when he was an officer in Prince George s County, Maryland, Jeff McKay, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, confirmed in an interview Saturday with Patch. We were made aware of them through the process, McKay said. We were not aware of them before we did the interviews, but we were made aware of them before the chief was sworn in.
In his first news conference as Fairfax County, Virginia, police chief, Kevin Davis answered questions about mistakes in his policing past and spoke about the progress he has made in serving vulnerable communities and communities of color.
Davis is just five days into his new job, but some in the community have been raising questions over the transparency of his appointment to the post.
“My track record of nearly three decades is a journey,” Davis said. Davis previously worked in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.
He addressed questions about two civil lawsuits filed against him earlier in his career, which came to light after his appointment by the county Board of Supervisors last month.
New Fairfax County Police Department chief speaks amid controversy over hiring process
Fairfax County officials appointed Kevin Davis police chief after he served in several posts across the region. Now, some locals are concerned about his past. Author: John Henry Updated: 7:09 AM EDT May 7, 2021
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis spoke to the community’s residents Thursday after some locals claimed the process used to recently hire him was not transparent.
Davis started work as Fairfax County’s top cop on May 3. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed him to officially replace former Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler on April 23.
As a young police officer in Prince George’s County in the 1990s, Kevin Davis was accused in separate lawsuits of slamming a Black driver into the pavement during a traffic stop and, with other narcotics detectives, illegally detaining a 19-year-old.