Former Houston homicide detective <PERSON>. <PERSON> during a two-day hearing to try and win his job back after HPD Chief <PERSON> fired <PERSON> and disciplined seven others in early April, after a lengthy internal affairs investigation found <PERSON> failed to go to crime scenes, didn't interview witnesses, and took years to update case files Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Houston. ( <PERSON> / Houston Chronicle )