Dallas Police PIO placed on administrative leave

The Dallas Police Department has placed its assistant director of media relations on leave after a citizen complained about her conduct. So the complaint centers on Allison Hudson's use of a police-issued vehicle with lights and sirens. Fox 4's David Santendry has more on the police investigation. David. Well, Heather and Steve, the chief of police is changing course related to the investigation of his top spokesperson, but at this point in time, it's not exactly clear why. Dallas Police Department's top spokesperson, Allison Hudson, now on administrative leave just one week after Chief Daniel Como doubled down on his decision to not place her on leave amidst a criminal investigation. The only thing we ever wanted out of anything is just that everybody is treated the same way Sean Pease, president of the Dallas Police Association, says some of his union members believe Hudson was receiving preferential treatment. We seem to be having these nickel and dime moments of small things here or there that affect our officers And Hudson is not a sworn officer. Hudson regularly conducts interviews as assistant director of media relations. In full transparency, Fox 4 reporters maintain a working relationship with Hudson. She's under investigation by the agency's public integrity unit after a citizen complaint filed in August accuses Hudson of using lights and sirens on a department vehicle, even though she's not authorized to because she's a civilian employee. God bless you all. At a city council meeting last week, Hudson helped honor a group of students in the department's Explorer program. The next day, Pease told Fox 4 he heard complaints about Hudson working while under investigation. I literally have members. That have been put on administrative leave within three hours of a misdemeanor related version of exactly what we're talking about here. From what I understand, what the complaint was involves a felony level offense. Last week, Chief Como said it is not department practice to place an employee on administrative leave solely because a complaint was made But now the department says Assistant Director Hudson has been placed on administrative leave consistent with department policy and prior actions taken by Chief Como. There is no other information available regarding the open investigation. Just everybody should be treated fairly and the same Pease says he is not certain about specific details of the department's criminal investigation into Hudson. Other than the rumor mill and hearsay, and that's not for me to comment on And the department has not answered Fox 4's question did new evidence lead to administrative leave or was policy not followed to begin with? It just needs to be fair with everybody. I did reach out directly to Hudson when we first became aware of these allegations, but at this point in time, we still have not received a statement.