D.C. police lieutenant fights for his career

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A veteran D.C. police lieutenant is fighting for his career after his bosses, having lost a court battle to fire him, are trying to re-fire him — because the court battle damaged his credibility.

The department fired Tim Haselden in 2005 after police were called to two off-duty confrontations between him and his wife. He was never charged with wrongdoing, but internal D.C. investigators alleged that he was drunk and had attacked his wife.

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