{"id":1923,"date":"2020-02-07T18:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/breaking-news-former-fire-chief-will-be-charged\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T18:19:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:19:40","slug":"breaking-news-former-fire-chief-will-be-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/breaking-news-former-fire-chief-will-be-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Former Fire Chief will be charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gloucestershire\\&#8217;s former Chief Fire Officer Stewart Edgar <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gloucestershire.police.uk\/news\/gloucestershire\/news\/former-chief-fire-officer-due-in-court-in-connection-with-fraud-allegation\/\\\"><strong>will face<\/strong> criminal charges.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news just in, comes<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk\/news\/gloucester-news\/full-details-behind-shock-resignation-1751542\\\"> 19 months since Mr Edgar<\/a> resigned from his post.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since then <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk\/news\/gloucester-news\/martin-surl-totally-vindicated-critical-3671351\\\">we\\&#8217;ve heard a lot of information<\/a> over the last few years about what <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-gloucestershire-49977717\\\">he did or didn\\&#8217;t do<\/a>, and what the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gazetteseries.co.uk\/news\/18106155.two-five-firefighters-say-feel-bullied-work-report-finds\/\\\">culture<\/a> was like at Gloucestershire Fire &amp; Rescue Service under his reign, all that now matters is the law is followed and the judicial process is allowed to run its course.<\/p>\n<p>I hope once the process has been completed, our fire &amp; rescue service can move on from this dark period in its history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gloucestershire\\&#8217;s former Chief Fire Officer Stewart Edgar will face criminal charges. 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