Voice memo shows Caldwell mayor-elect discussing plan to fire police chief

Caldwell’s mayor-elect is facing scrutiny after a personal voice memo surfaced in which he discussed his intentions toward the city’s police chief, stating he planned to “fire his a**.”

Mayor-elect Eric Phillips, who campaigned on transparency, acknowledged in the recording that “…everyone wants him gone and so do I.”

Idaho News 6 confirmed the voice memo belongs to mayor-elect Phillips after matching his phone number with the phone number that mistakenly texted the audio to Carlos Hernández, a former candidate for Caldwell City Council…

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