Better Hire Internally

So in the grand tradition of CPD exempts looking for post-Chicago employment, this guy is trying for Police Chief in Des Moines, Iowa:

• The city of Des Moines has announced the two finalists for the chief of police position.

  The search started earlier this year after current Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert announced his retirement.

  The city says the two finalists are Maj. Michael McTaggart of the DMPD's operations division and Joshua Wallace, a commander at the Chicago Police Department.

That was from last week.

This broke less than twelve hours ago:

• One of two finalists to become Des Moines' next chief of police, overseeing an $85.6 million budget, is $840,000 in debt and filed for bankruptcy earlier this year

The article is paywalled at the Des Moines Register, but there's a Yahoo video report here.

We're going to imagine he just spent himself out of the Iowa job....and a few others.