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==Career==
==Career==
Chambers served as the chief of the Durham Police Department in [[Durham, North Carolina]], and served with the [[Prince George's County Police Department]] in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]] for over twenty years. She also served as the chief of the Riverdale Park Police Department in [[Maryland]].<ref name=ChiefOfPolice/>
Chambers served as the chief of the [[Durham Police Department (North Carolina)|Durham Police Department]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]], and served with the [[Prince George's County Police Department]] in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]] for over twenty years. She also served as the chief of the Riverdale Park Police Department in [[Maryland]].<ref name=ChiefOfPolice/>


===Firing===
===Firing===
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====Appeal and reinstatement====
====Appeal and reinstatement====
During the time in which Chambers awaited her federal employee appeal, she worked as the police chief of [[Riverdale Park, Maryland]]. On January 11, 2011 the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered the Park Police Tuesday to reinstate Chambers within 20 days. The [[United States Department of Interior]], the parent agency for the United States Park Police, was also ordered to pay her retroactively dating back to July 2004.<ref>O'Keefe, Ed. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/fired_park_police_reinstated.html "Fired Park Police chief Teresa Chambers ordered reinstated"]. ''[[Washington Post]]'' (January 11, 2011). Retrieved March 11, 2011</ref> She was granted reimbursement for legal fees. On January 21, 2011, Chambers resumed her position as Chief of the U.S. Park Police after the incumbent chief agreed to step aside. Chief Chambers retired from this post in December 2013.
During the time in which Chambers awaited her federal employee appeal, she worked as the police chief of [[Riverdale Park, Maryland]]. On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered the Park Police to reinstate Chambers within 20 days. The [[United States Department of Interior]], the parent agency for the United States Park Police, was also ordered to pay her retroactively dating back to July 2004.<ref>O'Keefe, Ed. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/fired_park_police_reinstated.html "Fired Park Police chief Teresa Chambers ordered reinstated"]. ''[[Washington Post]]'' (January 11, 2011). Retrieved March 11, 2011</ref> She was granted reimbursement for legal fees. On January 21, 2011, Chambers resumed her position as Chief of the U.S. Park Police after the incumbent chief agreed to step aside. Chief Chambers retired from this post in December 2013.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* CNN: [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/10/park.police.chief/index.html Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing]
* CNN: [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/10/park.police.chief/index.html Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing]
* ''The Washington Post'': [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39354-2004Jul9.html Park Police Chief Fired After Dispute, Suspension]
* ''The Washington Post'': [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39354-2004Jul9.html Park Police Chief Fired After Dispute, Suspension]
* Govexec.com [http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=27552&printerfriendlyVers=1& "Speak No Evil"]
* Govexec.com [http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=27552&printerfriendlyVers=1& "Speak No Evil"]
* About.com [http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/rightsandfreedoms/a/whistler.htm The Plight of Whistleblowers: Terminated Parks Police Chief tells her own story]
* About.com [http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/rightsandfreedoms/a/whistler.htm The Plight of Whistleblowers: Terminated Parks Police Chief tells her own story]
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* [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/fired_park_police_reinstated.html ''WaPo'' story on Chamber's ruling and reinstatement]
* [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/fired_park_police_reinstated.html ''WaPo'' story on Chamber's ruling and reinstatement]
* [http://www.honestchief.com/ HonestChief.com]: Teresa Chambers' support page
* [http://www.honestchief.com/ HonestChief.com]: Teresa Chambers' support page
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A26818-2003Dec1 Original Washington Post article] ''Park Police Duties Exceed Staffing: Anti-Terror Demands Have Led Chief to Curtail Patrols Away From Mall''
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A26818-2003Dec1 Original Washington Post article] ''Park Police Duties Exceed Staffing: Anti-Terror Demands Have Led Chief to Curtail Patrols Away From Mall''
* [http://www.peer.org/ Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility]: Follow the case by viewing "In the Chief's Corner."
* [http://www.peer.org/ Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility]: Follow the case by viewing "In the Chief's Corner."


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Revision as of 21:07, 14 March 2024

Teresa Chambers
Alma materUniversity of Maryland University College[1]
Johns Hopkins University[1]
FBI National Academy[1]
National Executive Institute[1]
Police career
Land United States of America
Allegiance United States Park Police
DepartmentUnited States Park Police
StatusChief of Police
Rank Chief of Police[1]

Teresa Chambers is an American law enforcement officer and a former chief of the United States Park Police (USPP).[1] She took office as the U.S. Park Police chief on January 31, 2011, but previously served as the U.S. Park Police chief from February 2002 until December 2003, when she was dismissed from the position.

Early life and education

Chambers earned her Bachelor’s Degree in law enforcement and criminology from the University of Maryland University College and earned a Master’s Degree in applied behavioral science with a concentration in community development from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the FBI’s National Executive Institute.[1]

Career

Chambers served as the chief of the Durham Police Department in Durham, North Carolina, and served with the Prince George's County Police Department in Prince George's County, Maryland for over twenty years. She also served as the chief of the Riverdale Park Police Department in Maryland.[1]

Firing

Chambers was fired after speaking with a Washington Post reporter in detail about her concerns that new requirements instituted by the United States Congress to double the number of stationary guards at Washington, D.C. monuments, together with budget shortfalls in the Park Police budget were an increasing risk.

The U.S. Park Police administration and the force's union have said they fear that the stationary posts on the Mall have hurt anti-terrorism efforts, because fewer officers are able to patrol in the area. Chambers said that she does not disagree with having four officers outside the monuments but that she would also want to have officers in plainclothes or able to patrol rather than simply standing guard in uniform. Chambers said:

My greatest fear is that harm or death will come to a visitor or employee at one of our parks, or that we're going to miss a key thing at one of our icons.[2]

The incident has been discussed in a larger context as an example of how whistleblowers in U.S. federal agencies are silenced. As Tom Shoop wrote in Govexec.com, a business news site for U.S. federal managers and executives:

...a shoot-the-messenger attitude is beginning to prevail when it comes to [career federal service employees] challenging the conventional wisdom.[3]

Appeal and reinstatement

During the time in which Chambers awaited her federal employee appeal, she worked as the police chief of Riverdale Park, Maryland. On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered the Park Police to reinstate Chambers within 20 days. The United States Department of Interior, the parent agency for the United States Park Police, was also ordered to pay her retroactively dating back to July 2004.[4] She was granted reimbursement for legal fees. On January 21, 2011, Chambers resumed her position as Chief of the U.S. Park Police after the incumbent chief agreed to step aside. Chief Chambers retired from this post in December 2013.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Chief of Police". United States Park Police. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing". CNN. July 10, 2004.
  3. ^ "Speak No Evil". GovernmentExecutive.com. February 2, 2004.
  4. ^ O'Keefe, Ed. "Fired Park Police chief Teresa Chambers ordered reinstated". Washington Post (January 11, 2011). Retrieved March 11, 2011
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