Bay Area Houston

There could be more resignations coming. Hopefully at least one.

Last Monday’s City Council meeting might have been the start of the end of Police Chief Aragon but yesterday’s phone call was probably what ended the end. At about 3:00 PM the Chief made a call to Hayley Winkleman. Hayley has been an outspoken critic of Aragon and spoke at the Council Meeting. A couple of hours later the City Manager alerted the Council that Aragon had tendered his resignation.

According to Hayley during his phone Aragon threatened her with a lawsuit if she continued speaking about the reason he was removed from office in New Mexico. The City Manager was immediately emailed to make her informed of the threat and a couple of hours later, Aragon resigns.

Aragon’s background and lack of a background check prior to his appointment as Chief has been discussed before. “Back in 2016 Aragon resigned from his police chief job in Fairbanks Alaska after an investigation of conflict-of-interest allegations. In 2019 he was fired from his job at Truth or Consequences New Mexico. And now there are questions about his application for Police Chief in La Marque.” A complaint was filed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The results of this investigation is pretty damning and includes the allegations concerning his firing from Truth and Consequences New Mexico. You can read the results of the investigation here. It is concerning.

He explained he was reprimanded for making comments to 3 female staff members and those comments were meant to be humorous and not related to sexual matters. He further expounded and said the entire scenario was “unquestionably politically motivated.” After a lengthy and unnecessary explanation, Aragon was ultimately fired.

According to I45Now Aragon has not ruled out a run for office. Hopefully the voters will perform a background check. Aragon should just retire and move on. Retirement can be fun with less stress. He has had some good accomplishments as Chief and has made the city safer. He should count his time in office as a win.

So, who’s next to resign?

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