tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2520332734312700405..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Public records on non-civil service cities like Dallas make police misconduct coverage easierGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90262476600157917002015-09-28T14:43:27.140-05:002015-09-28T14:43:27.140-05:00I agree south carolina has a disciplinary review b...I agree south carolina has a disciplinary review board that make that decision. It doesn't matter wether you are fired or resign if the depart files misconduct was the basis of your departure a review board will investigate and determin wether you stay eligible or not for rehire. mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406660736110047941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66647641381395506852011-07-13T11:55:38.844-05:002011-07-13T11:55:38.844-05:00i agree we have reached the point tech wise that e...i agree we have reached the point tech wise that each patrol car should have 24/7 video coverage via a non-changeable recorder!<br /><br />of course i think it's reached the point we need to do the same with every govt offical as well when in session! LOLrodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55341929020283904222011-07-12T15:59:24.414-05:002011-07-12T15:59:24.414-05:00Why are cops capable of turning off the cameras to...Why are cops capable of turning off the cameras to begin with? Those should be on from the moment the recording media is put in, until the second it is taken out (baring a battery disconnect). <br /><br />Time and again shows that a crooked cop will turn that thing off. Why do we allow that to happen? one thing that might be interesting is gps cell service. when a car's camera is turned off, a gps device is triggered in the car for the entire time a camera is offline. Then make it trigger an alert to dispatch, and phones for the head of department. <br /><br />The tech is trivial, as it is already in real world use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16147088608578987372011-07-11T21:48:14.481-05:002011-07-11T21:48:14.481-05:00oh i agree comedian! we have satellites in orbit ...oh i agree comedian! we have satellites in orbit that can read the date on a dime your holding in your hand. but can't find tons of drugs coming into the country<br /><br />come on!rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49321903373981994212011-07-11T15:57:25.932-05:002011-07-11T15:57:25.932-05:00Police corruption will be an even greater problem ...Police corruption will be an even greater problem in the future as the Mexican drug cartels slowly move into the U.S.<br /><br />IMO, the U.S. will look like Mexico in about 20 years or so if the current "War on Drugs" continues. There's too much money to be made and too many people can be bought off or scared into silence by the cartels. <br /><br />Face it, drug trafficking on the current scale cannot exist unless some of the cops, prosecutors and judges are bought and paid for by the cartels.<br /><br />I understand the thin blue line and cops covering for other cops. The problem is that any cop who covers for a dirty cop automatically becomes dirty him or herself. <br /><br /><i>"Whatever happened to the American dream? It came true - you're looking at it." - The Comedian</i>The Comediannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3260206867681753542011-07-11T09:43:52.983-05:002011-07-11T09:43:52.983-05:00Problems firing bad cops is not unique to TX. My ...Problems firing bad cops is not unique to TX. My father in law was a chief in MS, and complained to us several times about not being able to fire cops he thought were actually dangerous, because of the civil service contracts. <br /><br />Like Arce, I'm not completely against civil service, or unions in general, but I think the unions should be more on board with cleaning up their membership, rather than protecting them without question.gravyrugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54027383533298769302011-07-11T08:05:39.077-05:002011-07-11T08:05:39.077-05:00-"Unfortunately, they will easily find a job ...-"Unfortunately, they will easily find a job somewhere else. I moved to another state and had the opportunity to review some records from the police officer licensing agency. In this state, when an officer is fired a report is submitted to the licensing agency which seems to frequeently revoke the officer's license. That doesn't happen in Texas. So, these officers just go to work for another agency and continue the same behavior. It think it was one of the Dallas TV stations that did a story several years ago on these gypsy cops. TCLEOSE needs to be given more power to investigate, discipline, and revoke licenses. Anytime an officer is fired or resigns under investigation, the law should require that agency to submit a full report to TCLEOSE and TCLEOSE should be required to hold a hearing to determine if the officer should keep his or her license."-<br /><br />TCLEOSE does recieve such information, and does revoke licenses. They publish the information every quarter. It's on the front page of their website.<br /><br />http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us/publications/close_up/CloseUp-2011c.pdfCollege Copnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44542155515775148932011-07-10T16:07:47.510-05:002011-07-10T16:07:47.510-05:00Is there any way to adopt civil service and still ...Is there any way to adopt civil service and still have open records regarding discipline? I am generally a fan of civil service for officers, especially sheriff's deputies, so that good deputies are not subject to whim replacement when a new sheriff is elected. So is there a solution that allows both good practices to occur.Arcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78852178263240532652011-07-10T16:01:41.179-05:002011-07-10T16:01:41.179-05:00Unfortunately, they will easily find a job somewhe...Unfortunately, they will easily find a job somewhere else. I moved to another state and had the opportunity to review some records from the police officer licensing agency. In this state, when an officer is fired a report is submitted to the licensing agency which seems to frequeently revoke the officer's license. That doesn't happen in Texas. So, these officers just go to work for another agency and continue the same behavior. It think it was one of the Dallas TV stations that did a story several years ago on these gypsy cops. TCLEOSE needs to be given more power to investigate, discipline, and revoke licenses. Anytime an officer is fired or resigns under investigation, the law should require that agency to submit a full report to TCLEOSE and TCLEOSE should be required to hold a hearing to determine if the officer should keep his or her license.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10269093322080538582011-07-10T15:10:46.745-05:002011-07-10T15:10:46.745-05:00Dallas seems to have a grip on the best way to han...Dallas seems to have a grip on the best way to handle rogue cops...FIRE THEM!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.com