Court records: Detective allegedly deletes police officer husband’s files after he got fired

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Former Pflugerville Police Department detective Tara Schafer is accused of using her department-issued laptop to delete 554 records in her husband Corporal Tyler Schafer’s file the night he got fired from the department, according to various records obtained by KXAN.

“During the course of an administrative investigation, it was uncovered that an employee had accessed a former employee’s electronic folder and had deleted all items in said folder without authorization,” according to Tara’s criminal complaint.

Tara’s attorney Lytza Rojas said she is “very proud to represent Tara and am looking forward to seeing all the evidence and vigorously defending Tara through the court process.”

Tyler’s termination letter states he was placed on a performance improvement plan at the beginning of the year.

“Since the issuance of the [plan], you’ve demonstrated a continued disregard for Pflugerville Police Department policy and poor decision making,” the letter states.

The police department has not yet answered questions on what these behavior and performance issues were.

Pflugerville police did tell KXAN Tyler’s records were deleted from an internal storage system used to keep track of affidavits, paperwork and cases an employee has investigated.

A spokesperson for the city of Pflugerville said Tara was placed on administrative leave when the investigation launched, and subsequently fired when she got arrested.

The case is still under investigation.

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