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The Fort Worth Police Department announced Wednesday it had terminated an officer for off-duty conduct stemming from an incident that occurred in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.
Police officials said its Internal Affairs Unit was notified in October 2021 that Corporal Marshall Meyer, a 14-year veteran of the department, was involved in an incident where he allegedly discharged a firearm while off-duty and intoxicated.
Meyer was placed on restricted duty, which involves the removal of all police powers, during the course of the administrative and criminal investigations, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a press release.
Corporal Meyer is the third Fort Worth police officer to face discipline this year.
In mid-February, a Fort Worth officer was arrested after he was allegedly driving a police vehicle while intoxicated, authorities said. A few days later, the department placed a sergeant on restricted duty and stripped him of all police powers as they investigated a complaint that he destroyed evidence.
After the investigation into Meyer's incident concluded, he was fired, according to the department.
"Corporal Meyer’s off-duty conduct was not in keeping with the high standards expected of a Fort Worth police officer, and unjustly reflects upon the rest of our officers who maintain those standards every day and work hard to ensure the safety of our community," the Fort Worth Police Department said in a statement.