{"id":143438,"date":"2026-01-30T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143438\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T01:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:26:07","slug":"humble-police-captain-placed-on-paid-administrative-leave-as-leadership-investigation-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143438\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble police captain placed on paid administrative leave as leadership investigation deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 More changes are impacting the Humble Police Department after the city manager confirmed Thursday that the department has seen its second administrative leave involving leadership in as many months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI can confirm that Captain Kimberlin has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation. As this is an ongoing investigation, the City has no further comment and will not be answering any further questions on the topic,\u201d City Manager Jason Stuebe told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/investigates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/investigates\/\">2 Investigates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When asked whether Kimberlin\u2019s administrative leave is paid or unpaid, Stuebe responded with a one-word clarification: \u201cPaid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">PREVIOUS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/13\/investigation-into-humble-pd-continues-as-chief-remains-on-unpaid-leave-expenses-revealed-by-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Investigation into Humble PD continues as chief remains on unpaid leave; expenses revealed by city<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The move comes as an investigation into Humble Police Chief Dan Zientek continues with no immediate end in sight. Zientek was placed on administrative leave without pay more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Immediately following Zientek\u2019s appointment as chief last May, Kimberlin\u2014who is the wife of the former police chief and was Zientek\u2019s supervisor prior to his promotion\u2014was promoted, according to city records. Kimberlin was promoted again just four months later, moving from the rank of sergeant to captain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/12\/23\/survey-reveals-leadership-concerns-inside-humble-police-department-following-chiefs-unpaid-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Survey reveals leadership concerns inside Humble Police Department following chief\u2019s unpaid leave<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Earlier this month, 2 Investigates revealed city records showing Kimberlin received the largest share of travel and training expenditures within the department. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Documents show nearly $40,000 was spent on Kimberlin over the past two years\u2014an amount that significantly exceeded any other employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The individual with the second-highest amount of travel and training expenses, according to the city, was Chief Zientek.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 More changes are impacting the Humble Police Department after the city manager confirmed Thursday that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,1542,60171,60170,5778,66,223],"class_list":{"0":"post-143438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-humble","12":"tag-humble-pd","13":"tag-humble-police-department","14":"tag-investigates","15":"tag-local","16":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}