An environmental and government watchdog advocacy group wants President-elect Barack Obama to bring back Teresa Chambers, the former Durham police chief who later tangled with the Department of Interior as its U.S. Parks police chief.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, known as PEER, released a nominee wishlist of people it recommends for the Obama administration, Barb Barrett reports.
Chambers was fired from her post as chief of the U.S. Parks after complaining about low staffing levels to the Washington Post. She is tried to re-gain her job with PEER’s support, but she has not yet been successful.
Here's what the group recommended in a release today:
Teresa Chambers as Chief of the U.S. Park Police. Just days after giving an interview with the Washington Post, revealing low staffing levels, Chief Teresa Chambers was ordered to surrender her badge, weapon and ID and was relieved of her duties. In what has become the prime example of the Bush administration's suppression of information, Chambers was ultimately removed from the Chief position. She recently won an appeal of that action before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Chambers is presently serving as Chief of Police for Riverdale Park, a town in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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