Mobile Police commander fired after investigation — Kevin Levy’s attorney challenges allegations

MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The Mobile Police Department’s commander was fired today, shortly after an investigative report on former Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine’s allegations became public.

Commander Kevin Levy’s firing was announced after the city council released the report to city leaders and Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson released a statement on the investigation.

According to a press release from the Mobile City Council, the report was compiled by special counsel William Athanas of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Law Firm, who officials said worked over 500 hours for eight weeks before the report was given to the city council on the afternoon of July 22.

The report, which investigated four categories of allegations, found that “no illegal,
unethical or out-of-policy actions by any City of Mobile employee with one exception.”

The exception: “Commander Kevin Levy acted illegally and/or outside City of Mobile policy in connection with falsely altering or tampering with City documents and public records.”

Chris Callahan, Levy’s attorney, called the comments “false and reckless.”

Callahan said, “I want to categorically state that all these allegations are entirely false. Commandar Levy did not give false testimony. He did not violate any city policy. And he did not alter any signature page of the 321z contract. Furthermore, Commander Levy did not tamper with governmental records.”

This story is developing. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.

The full investigation report is below:

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