UPDATE: Law enforcement director says he was fired over anonymous letter

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | 5:00 p.m. CDT; updated 7:33 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

COLUMBIA — Gary Maddox, director of the MU Extension Law Enforcement Training Institute, said he was removed from office April 28 after an anonymous letter-writer complained to his superiors about his references to God and his relaxed reaction to a bouncy-balls prank at an April 23 graduation ceremony.

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