tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1518652963741994693..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Lying cops, ticket quotas, junk science and NaloxoneGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3761123720448411602016-06-29T21:16:24.183-05:002016-06-29T21:16:24.183-05:00"...the scientists misinterpreted falls for s..."...the scientists misinterpreted falls for shaking." Oh, really? A fall causes that much damage to a brain?? You want to believe the perp's lies because you don't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33414367085653519942016-06-27T22:37:06.277-05:002016-06-27T22:37:06.277-05:00How the credibility of modern day peace officers r...How the credibility of modern day peace officers remains inviolable in all courts of law in the United States is so bizarre. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42716126476555755682016-06-26T09:37:52.674-05:002016-06-26T09:37:52.674-05:00Grits, what has Bingham, Skeen, Clark, Dobbs and F...Grits, what has Bingham, Skeen, Clark, Dobbs and Files concealed in Kerry Max Cooks travesty, deliberately? Where is the AG? Texas Rangers? FBI? Grassroots? At church!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46444241696249056342016-06-25T22:00:07.216-05:002016-06-25T22:00:07.216-05:00RE: Judge Joel Baker
How 'bout this for poli...RE: Judge Joel Baker<br /><br />How 'bout this for political motivation for going after Baker: 1. He embarrassed his colleagues on the SCJC by sitting during their meetings sending naughty messages to some woman while he was supposed to be working. So now they are punishing him. 2. He is an embarrassment to the Republican establishment and his reputation has reached Austin. Therefore the AG feels compelled to act so as not to look like he is turning a blind eye to what is going on in Smith County. Wonder which Smith County politician will be next!SmithCounty Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63831875457641437212016-06-25T20:08:58.878-05:002016-06-25T20:08:58.878-05:004:22- the FBI will investigate Baker for his illeg...4:22- the FBI will investigate Baker for his illegal actions because the local Pharisees wants him out but they turn a blind eye to Bingham, Skeen, Clark. Dobbs, Files and Tittle criminal acts! Sick SOB's. <br />DNA has cleared Kerry Max Cook beyond a reasonable doubt but Bingham won't charge Mayfield..the murderer of Ms Edwards. Bingham is covering up for his Pharisee brothers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27661305105165243262016-06-24T23:33:28.015-05:002016-06-24T23:33:28.015-05:004:55-
Has anyone ever asked "why" is br...4:55-<br /><br />Has anyone ever asked "why" is breath alcohol different from other forensic disciplines? Why has this discipline been legally gerrymandered from the other disciplines?<br /><br />The point I was making - by asking the questions - was there a root cause analysis for this "ticking time bomb"? Was she hired as an incompetent, or did she slowly become incompetent over time? She had been working there several years already. IMO an analyst just doesn't suddenly decide to perform incompetently. Was the technician ultimately asked "why" or "how"? Maybe she disagrees with the assessment?<br /><br />Wouldn't it be their job as Managers (regardless of their non-scientist status) to understand the technical performance of this person, to provide performance reviews? Or do the Managers get a free pass on ignorance because they aren't scientists and cant be expected to understand math and stuff? <br /><br />Or, was it the responsibility of the BAL Scientific Director at DPS (who I am assuming a scientist) to make sure that the Department Managers/Technical Supervisors were up to snuff for monitoring the technician, who was believed to be a "ticking time bomb"?<br /><br />There is a hierarchy for the creation of incompetence. How high do we have to go to remove the cancer? <br /><br />Let's just blame <b>Scientific Director J. Mack Cowan</b>. He's the nitwit who will compensate the state taxpayer via monthly garnishing of his paychecks. Right?<br /><br />But alas, there are reputations and careers to protect, and convictions to maintain, so the questions become rhetorical, without solution or accountability.<br /><br />And "accreditation" for crime labs, as we all know, is garbage. Not worth the paper its printed on. There are far too many examples where negligence and misconduct were identified within so-called accredited crime labs. The word "accreditation" should be banned from crime labs and court rooms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49045317260309637722016-06-24T16:55:18.676-05:002016-06-24T16:55:18.676-05:009:12 -
Breath alcohol is different from other fo...9:12 - <br /><br />Breath alcohol is different from other forensic science disciplines in Texas:<br /><br />1) Although the program is performed by local agencies (e.g., the League City PD), it is run by DPS, specifically by the Scientific Director of the Breath Alcohol Laboratory. It is the Scientific Director who is responsible for certifying the Technical Supervisors, not the local police department.<br /><br />2) Breath alcohol testing is one of the testing areas that are excluded by statute from the state accreditation requirements. So the state did not accredit the League City PD in breath alcohol testing, and the League City PD is not accredited by the state for anything else. Other breath testing programs that are run out of more full-service crime labs may be accredited by a national accrediting body, but they will not be accredited by the state.<br /><br />So this is likely another example where the department managers were police officers, not scientists, and they did not have the expertise to evaluate the technical performance of this person.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6619107095787514612016-06-24T05:56:33.087-05:002016-06-24T05:56:33.087-05:00No, 5:13, the scientists misinterpreted falls for ...No, 5:13, the scientists misinterpreted falls for shaking. Not every tragedy is a criminal act.<br /><br />Good question, 9:12.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73050675637068974582016-06-23T21:12:34.218-05:002016-06-23T21:12:34.218-05:00RE: Breath test analyst fired for incompetence
&q...RE: Breath test analyst fired for incompetence<br /><br />"...Martinez's supervisors determined her work is so bad, it was called a "ticking time bomb"..."<br /><br />But her Supervisor's - who knew of the shoddy work - continued to let her work for several years. Was she re-trained, did she get help? Where are the annual audits and performance reviews? Accreditation?<br /><br />Sounds like junk scientists, plural.<br /><br />Sooooo, who are the Supervisors and why weren't they fired too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83198422249543214972016-06-23T17:13:26.024-05:002016-06-23T17:13:26.024-05:00Those babies shake themselves.Those babies shake themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53497907912251170902016-06-23T17:01:01.335-05:002016-06-23T17:01:01.335-05:00Regarding the uniform article, I believe that San ...Regarding the uniform article, I believe that San Bernardino Sheriff's Office did a similar experiment in the late '60s with officers wearing green blazers. One ugly jacket. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75222340923489374682016-06-23T16:35:47.225-05:002016-06-23T16:35:47.225-05:00I don't doubt there's more to it, I've...I don't doubt there's more to it, I've just never seen the AG go after an open records violation like this. And it strikes me that their motives lie in all the other stuff, not because the AG passionately care's about Tylerites' right to know about a never-issued speed-camera contract.<br /><br />It can both be true that Joel Baker is a terrible pol who should be drummed out of office AND that the open records violations are a fig leaf for his enemies' real motives. Politics is messy like that.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83610842213905600982016-06-23T16:22:27.978-05:002016-06-23T16:22:27.978-05:00RE: Smith County Judge Joel Baker
Grits, you don...RE: Smith County Judge Joel Baker<br /><br />Grits, you don't have the whole story on Joel Baker. There's more to this than just a vendetta by Grassroots and some naughty messages on Facebook. Baker deliberately tried to conceal a corrupt deal with an outfit in Arizona that provides automated traffic enforcement systems. The FBI is apparently investigating the affair. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is still likely investigating Baker for various incidences of misconduct that may very well go beyond just sexting some woman while sitting in meetings and the whole Open Meetings Act affair. I doubt the SCJC and attorney general would go to such lengths just for some "technical" violations of TOMA. I'd put down a substantial bet that there is more to come on Baker. Stay tuned, Grits.SmithCounty Residentnoreply@blogger.com