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I'm amazed that a guy with his attitude got through 26 years with DPS without blowing a gasket and crossing the "brutality line".

I suspect that this isn't the first such incident this guy has been involved in. I base that on DPS's response to you and the fact that they are shipping him out as far away from Houston as they can. It looks like if Texas extended all the way to the North Pole, they would have had this guy patroling in a kayak.

Keith B wrote: Long story longer in the bureaucracy of the government system, it seems like there are places they put the bad eggs so they will ride out their time and not stink things up too badly.

Yeah. But I still vote for putting this guy on a storm drain clean up detail.

So he has a restraining order out on him. Why am I not surprised? It look like he will be out of your hair and that's good. But he still will be carrying a badge in TX and that's bad for the rest of us. At least in El Paso he will be as far away from most of as possible. (Sorry in advance to any folks who live in El Paso.)

My prediction is that this guy is gonna cause problems for himself and others in the future, and that there's a chance these problems could be prevented now if he was canned.

Note, I'm not suggesting canning him for something he might do in the future. I'm saying he should be canned for what he has already done.

BTW, it must be some cute restraining order he has that allows for him to still carry a gun. How con-veeeeeeeeen-ient.

gregthehand wrote: Is it REALLY worth ruining a guys career over? Some will say yes but I say no.

Given that he caused HPD to show up wanting to search the guy's garage and warehouse, I say "ABSOLUTELY".

There's no way I want a guy with this mentality out on the streets with a badge and a gun.

He clearly fits the profile of a guy who became a cop for the wrong reasons.

IMO, he has violated the official oppression statute, though proving it beyond a reasonable doubt might be difficult.

If this guy wants to work for the government they should put him on a crew cleaning out storm drains.

(I saw this on an episope of the TV show "Dirty Jobs". Man, it's dirty! )

I think this cop is getting dangerously close to violating the "official oppression" statute. IMO, he should be locked up.

Penn wrote:Did that just change recently?

The law was changed last Spring. And contrary to the norm, it specifically stated that it was to go into effect immediately. So the change has been in effect for several months now.

rx9790 wrote: Hold on a sec. First i agree guy is a jerk and needs to be reported but everyone here is assuming he ran the background offficially. I can run background checks thru Publicdata.com for example perfectly legal. Also, I believe any officer can run plates any time they wish, it is done all the time, they even have autoscanning cameras mounted now. But, I would still report it just in case he did use official equipment to do so.

His gun question indicates he ran a CHL check. CHL info is by law totally confidential now, so he couldn't have gotten it from some non-official database.

I would file a complaint against this guy. He doesn't sound like someone who should be on the street with a badge and gun.