[Graybeard58]

At that level and executive can fire a person for any reason they so choose...and they don’t even have to tell anyone why, or what the real reason was

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Since the mayor did indeed tell him, he may have a problem. He could have just said, “Chief, you’re fired” and let it go at that.

[Steve_Seattle]

"At that level and executive can fire a person for any reason they so choose...and they don’t even have to tell anyone why, or what the real reason was."

I think state and federal civil rights law trumps local civil service regulations, and that religious discrimination is prohibited under both.