The rift between Henderson’s then police chief Hollie Chadwick and her new boss Stephanie Garcia-Vause was evident in emails between the two in the weeks before Garcia-Vause fired Chadwick , according to public documents and emails released by city officials Thursday.

In one email, Garcia-Vause scolded Chadwick for being too “defensive” in her communications.

“We need to create positive changes in HPD (and) change is difficult and requires a lot of work,” Garcia-Vause wrote in the Feb. 5 email. “To be successful in leading the changes, I need you to refrain from immediately getting defensive when I ask questions or whenever a problem is brought to your attention.”

In the same email, Garcia-Vause also chided Chadwick for not showing up to a retirement celebration for former Henderson Cit

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