He does it now because the independent review came out and basically exonerated them, so now he can get a position elsewhere with a ‘clean’ record. Plenty of places hire shady police leaders because they are easier to use for fascist purposes with their heads that far up their own asses
In Texas this happens so often we get training on what to do if we find an unsupervised gun in a bathroom at the state owned hospital where I work. We’re also not legally allowed to prevent people from carrying weapons in the whole hospital because guns > patients.