tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6542757623113356561..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas Association of Counties says constables still neededGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42400577466724855422009-11-14T19:52:13.596-06:002009-11-14T19:52:13.596-06:00You know Scott, your point is well taken.
Why not...You know Scott, your point is well taken.<br /><br />Why not abolish the Sheriff's Offices and Police Departments as well and just have one State Police Agency.<br /><br />If you really want to cut the crap here.... We could have one Federal Police agency that acts in the place of police departments, sheriff's offices.<br /><br />We could also merge the FBI and the CIA that could assist in cutting out unnecessary bureaucratic layers.<br /><br />Or we could merge the military and our newly created federal police/intelligence agency.<br /><br />Now Scott, that was Soviet Russia's idea with the KGB.<br /><br />That is a bit extreme but seriously, why do we have city police departments, school police departments when a Sheriff's Office could take over those duties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85423401414927664152009-11-12T04:12:40.444-06:002009-11-12T04:12:40.444-06:00"Maybe serving deadbeats with due process but..."Maybe serving deadbeats with due process but the Sheriff can do that."<br /><br />Actually, the sheriff is too busy working felonies. Should the sheriff stop working his criminal cases so he can serve as high-priced messengers for attorneys?<br /><br />In any event, the trend since 1980 has been towards using private process servers, who can serve most kinds of civil process. (They cannot serve, say, writs of attachment and the like.)<br /><br />There is work to be done that only peace officers can do, and even if you abolish the constable office and shift duties over to the SO, that would not obviate the need for the work to get done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91031912189820788742009-11-10T21:42:56.294-06:002009-11-10T21:42:56.294-06:00Anonymous said...
Removing constables from Te...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Removing constables from Texas? The government will not allow this power that protects and serves the government to be taken away.<br />----------------------------------<br /><br />What exactly do they protect besides the toll road receipts? Serve? Maybe serving deadbeats with due process but the Sheriff can do that.<br /><br />Constables are useless and antiquated.<br /><br />Of course the TAC likes them, the TAC never met a bureaucracy it didnt like.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9598071953564924402009-11-10T20:14:57.193-06:002009-11-10T20:14:57.193-06:00"How many law enforcement agencies in Texas? ..."How many law enforcement agencies in Texas? Over 200 if I remember correctly"<br /><br />Around 2,600, actually.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69824662102265811962009-11-10T20:06:56.308-06:002009-11-10T20:06:56.308-06:00Removing constables from Texas? The government wil...Removing constables from Texas? The government will not allow this power that protects and serves the government to be taken away.<br /><br />How many law enforcement agencies in Texas? Over 200 if I remember correctly. For some odd reason I still don't feel safe them protecting me.<br /><br />Constables are nothing more than revenue collectors for the state. Strong armed thugs with a gun. I'd save a life of a Buger King drive thru employee, before I lifted a finger for any L.E.O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8709633703830006902009-11-10T12:26:25.655-06:002009-11-10T12:26:25.655-06:00Come on people, focus, this is starting to look li...Come on people, focus, this is starting to look like a TYC thread.<br /><br />I'm not all that keen on the idea of any criminal justice practitioners being elected because the pressure to make the voters happy usually runs counter to the goal of justice.diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70671207739051980462009-11-10T11:31:00.658-06:002009-11-10T11:31:00.658-06:00Dr. Val Finnell said Hasan gave a presentation at ...Dr. Val Finnell said Hasan gave a presentation at the Uniformed Services University that justified suicide bombing and told classmates that Islamic law trumped the U.S. Constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77878239187710738312009-11-10T11:13:30.526-06:002009-11-10T11:13:30.526-06:00Somebody made him shout "Allahu Akbar!" ...Somebody made him shout "Allahu Akbar!" He didn't really want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21054882014745826102009-11-10T08:47:30.270-06:002009-11-10T08:47:30.270-06:00So Dallas' judicial officers are a bunch of se...So Dallas' judicial officers are a bunch of self-regulating , out-of-control lawless criminals, preying on the public sector?!<br /><i>Snap</i>.<br />I am so disappointed.Jackie Buffalohttp://www.jackiebuffalo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57808754541128041652009-11-10T08:00:43.213-06:002009-11-10T08:00:43.213-06:00The TAC is the lobbying organization for elected c...The TAC is the lobbying organization for elected county officials. When is the last time TAC supported abolishing any elected county office? I suggest the next time will be the first.<br /><br />I have personal experience with these folks from a couple of decades ago when we abolished, by constitutional amendment, the office of county treasurer in a Permian Basin county. TAC fought it tooth and nail only to be defeated at the polls by about 75 to 25% vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80528019317620114262009-11-09T23:54:49.808-06:002009-11-09T23:54:49.808-06:00"Reports indicate he was routinely harrassed ..."Reports indicate he was routinely harrassed by his fellow military members. nice. maybe the headline should read "racist military induces islamic officer to kill"<br /><br />11/09/2009 08:26:00 PM<br />------------------------------------<br />Spoken by a TRUE IDIOT!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86141659839639433862009-11-09T23:53:06.685-06:002009-11-09T23:53:06.685-06:00"Constables are constitutionally authorized p..."Constables are constitutionally authorized peace officers who perform a myriad of important law enforcement functions. They are the first link in a county's chain of law enforcement. They have the same arrest powers and duties as city police and sheriffs, along with the added responsibilities of serving as judicial officers and executing civil process for the courts. They subpoena witnesses, act as bailiffs and execute judgments."<br />-------------------------------<br /><br />In many states including Indiana, the job of process serving etc is that of the County Sheriff. Texas does not need this layer of law enforcement bureaucracy. I am sorry for this poster, but our point has been made loud and clear.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27978735252552253162009-11-09T21:43:36.418-06:002009-11-09T21:43:36.418-06:00Constables are the Praetorian Guard of the County ...Constables are the Praetorian Guard of the County Commissioners; doing their bidding and all around political hacks for the county bosses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36781139810151538812009-11-09T20:26:18.966-06:002009-11-09T20:26:18.966-06:00we don't call people who murder abortion docto...we don't call people who murder abortion doctors in the name of God terrorists now do we. just Muslims. Just because a muslim shouts hocus pokus doesn't mean that it is an act of terror. We have people who engage in crazy behavior, in the name of numerous Gods, all the time. Sounds like a psychiatrist gone psychiatric to me. Another note is it was likely not this man who shot up the base that was the only person with religious intolerance issues. Reports indicate he was routinely harrassed by his fellow military members. nice. maybe the headline should read "racist military induces islamic officer to kill"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72518552145118442862009-11-09T19:22:26.378-06:002009-11-09T19:22:26.378-06:00The ballot box argument is BS. You can't not ...The ballot box argument is BS. You can't not elect a constable. Nor can a commissioner's court withhold salaries for an elected position. Maybe they can shrink the operating budget, but that's a pretty darn good argument that they're redundant, right?<br /><br />RageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19560821948991672122009-11-09T16:58:02.470-06:002009-11-09T16:58:02.470-06:00"Besides, democracy’s way of weeding out offi..."Besides, democracy’s way of weeding out officeholders whose constituents are not happy with them is at the ballot box."<br /><br />So we can just vote "none of the above" and the constables will vanish?Ryan Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171317748419259984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83948559493432281822009-11-09T16:49:25.505-06:002009-11-09T16:49:25.505-06:00Cover-up
On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Musl...Cover-up<br />On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting "Allahu Akbar!" committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. <br /><br />And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8193977923576123692009-11-09T16:10:43.773-06:002009-11-09T16:10:43.773-06:003:53, if you don't think blogs are "legit...3:53, if you don't think blogs are "legitimate," why on earth would you waste your time here? Nobody forced you to drop by, much less waste your time commenting.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91760807835659817872009-11-09T15:53:38.405-06:002009-11-09T15:53:38.405-06:00We have blogs now on top of editorial opinions so ...We have blogs now on top of editorial opinions so people can feel like they have a choice. <br />Just a redendant layer of information. Maybe we can reduce the amount of superflous information sources by getting rid of bloggers. since particularly they are not a legitimate source of anything but opinion in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19246763891502553202009-11-09T15:27:46.428-06:002009-11-09T15:27:46.428-06:00Bureaucrats will always resist any efforts to redu...Bureaucrats will always resist any efforts to reduce the size of the bureaucracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com