Fired Park Police chief Teresa Chambers ordered reinstated
By Ed O'Keefe
Updated 6:45 p.m. ET
Teresa C. Chambers, the former chief of
U.S. Park Police removed in 2003 for voicing concerns about staffing shortages, could be back on the job next month after federal officials ordered her reinstatement Tuesday, citing a lack of proper evidence.
Teresa Chambers. (Jonathan Ernst - Post) Chambers was suspended and later fired after
telling The Washington Post in December 2003 that traffic accidents had increased along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway because two, instead of the recommended four, officers were on patrol. The police agency also lacked enough officers to protect national park land, Chambers said at the time, adding that unarmed guards protected some national monuments.
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