City council members voted during a Tuesday meeting to terminate Roberts, saying in a resolution that it was “in the best interest of the city.”
The council fired Roberts without cause, according to the resolution. City spokeswoman Maridene Alexander said Wednesday that there was no particular reason or event that sparked the dismissal.
Roberts took the job as Draper’s chief in August 2012, after a 30 year law enforcement career in southern California. Before becoming a chief in Utah, he was police chief in Menlo Park.