Riser has the right to appeal his firing, the news release said.
Riser has been under investigation since August 2019 when a witness told Dallas police investigators that Riser allegedly offered him thousands of dollars and instructed him to kill two victims in 2017, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
When asked why Riser was left on duty and not placed on administrative leave, former Police Chief Renee Hall told WFAA that at the time the department didn t have enough evidence for an arrest. She also said wrote that putting him on leave “could have compromised the investigation.”
Hall left office at the end of 2020. Her successor, Garcia, has been on the job for about a month.
Updated on March 10, 2021 at 7:37 am
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A Dallas police officer charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme has been fired by the department.
Bryan Riser was charged last week with two counts of capital murder in the 2017 killings of Liza Saenz and 61-year-old Albert Douglas. He is being held on a $5 million bond and his attorney, Toby Shook, said the 36-year-old officer is innocent. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia announced the termination in a statement Tuesday after a disciplinary hearing concerning the officer.
Dallas police Officer Bryan Riser is fired after internal investigation into accusations of capital murder
The expedited internal investigation was a formality to make it unlikely that Riser could get his job back.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie García said in a news release Tuesday that he had fired Officer Bryan Riser after an investigation into allegations that Riser ordered the killings of two people.
The internal affairs investigation concluded that Riser “engaged in adverse conduct when he was arrested for two counts of Capital Murder,” the release says.
Riser, who joined the department in 2008 and was assigned to the South Central patrol division, was arrested last week when allegations surfaced that he had been involved in the fatal shootings of 60-year-old Albert Douglas and 30-year-old Liza Saenz in 2017.
According to court documents, Ofc. Riser was on the department’s radar two years earlier in connection to his father, Byron Riser, who was convicted of drug distribution.