Two Army civilian police officers who helped bring down the madman who carried out a massacre at Fort Hood have lost their jobs. Their contracts with the army has not and will not be extended. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Mark Todd and Kimberly Munley were hailed as heroes for helping stop Maj. Nidal Hasan at the end of his 2009 rampage.
But they and several other officers learned this week that their contracts with the Army will not be extended.
Munley – who was wounded in the shooting – was on leave but had planned to return to her job, she said.
“It’s disheartening,” she told the Washington Post. “I had all intentions to go back in January, but then we were informed our terms would not be renewed.”
Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others during a crazed rampage on the Texas Army base two years ago.
Todd shot Hasan, and Army investigators suspect Munley did too – though her bullet was never recovered.
Both officers were on four year-contracts but had been previously told they would be brought on full-time, Munley said.
“However, we were told from the day we were hired that our terms would go to a permanent status,” Munley, a SWAT team member, told the newspaper. Todd is currently working as a contractor in Afghanistan, according to officials.
Commanders at Fort Hood acknowledge that neither Todd nor Munley still worked there.
“Officer Mark Todd resigned his position at Fort Hood earlier this year and has accepted a position with another contractor for a position overseas,” read the statement, which was released to the Post.
“Officer Kimberly Munley is a Term Employee, and at her request she is currently on Leave Without Pay Status and living in North Carolina.”
Hasan, who survived the shooting, was charged with 13 homicides and faces the death penalty if convicted at a court-martial.
