Dallas Police Employee Fired Over Allegations of Falsifying College Degree

Gina Fowler-Strickland was terminated after a disciplinary hearing and had charges dismissed following a pre-trial intervention program.

Gina Fowler-Strickland, a police report representative for the Dallas Police Department, was fired on Thursday after accusations of lying about her college degree to secure a promotion.
She was charged in June 2023 with using a fraudulent or fictitious degree, a class B misdemeanor in Texas punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.
A warrant for her arrest was issued in September after she failed to appear in court but was later recalled for unspecified reasons.
The district attorney’s office dismissed the charge in November after Fowler-Strickland completed a pre-trial intervention program.
The department cited her arrest and the associated conduct as grounds for her termination following a disciplinary hearing with the police chief.