James Nielsen, Staff
Former Houston homicide detective Sgt. Ryan Chandler during a two-day hearing to try and win his job back after HPD Chief Charles McClelland fired Chandler and disciplined seven others in early April, after a lengthy internal affairs investigation found Chandler failed to go to crime scenes, didn't interview witnesses, and took years to update case files Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle )
Fired Houston homicide detective Ryan Chandler said his inability to investigate many of the cases assigned to him was the result of an overwhelming caseload, not laziness or cold indifference to the suffering of the victims' families.