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Excaliber wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:59 am
Point well taken. I hadn't considered that they might almost all be "reserves."

The problem here is they were not carried as reserves, but rather full time officers. Reserves can’t work side jobs and that is why the Chief carried them all as full time.

srothstein wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:56 pm

carlson1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:03 pm Steve I Don’t know if you watched the videos or not. Those officers not only do not work in Coffee City they do not live there they live mostly in Houston. They are carried as full time officers so they can work side jobs in Houston. In fact the majority of them are in a “warrant division.” What they do is call people with citations and FTA’s and collect the money on the phone. Each time they collect they keep $150.00 per citation. It is not a reserve program at all.

Thanks. I did not watch the videos, just the comments here and saw a few headlines. I just know there are a lot of unusual situations in law enforcement that people will not understand if they do not work that field.

Yes sir you are correct. If he had 50 reserves would be a lot, but not illegal. However having 50 full time police being nothing other than telemarketers collecting tickets and FTA I don’t know so much. In fact the Chief even says in one of the videos he doesn’t know if it is legal. What is really sad the Chief has an active DWI and FTA in Florida.

By the way one of the reason that he has carried them as full time is so they could work side job’s mostly in Houston. It is my understanding the Chief is running or was running for Constable spot in Houston.

Steve I Don’t know if you watched the videos or not. Those officers not only do not work in Coffee City they do not live there they live mostly in Houston. They are carried as full time officers so they can work side jobs in Houston. In fact the majority of them are in a “warrant division.” What they do is call people with citations and FTA’s and collect the money on the phone. Each time they collect they keep $150.00 per citation. It is not a reserve program at all.

RoyGBiv wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:10 pm

carlson1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:57 am Think about this 5138 tickets annually. That equals out to about 97 tickets a day in a town that is about 2 miles square.

You might want to check the battery in your calculator, Sir.....
5138 / 365 = 14.1

Maybe you meant 97 per week??

That is what happens when you count on Apple. I did calculate weeks. Either way that is a LOT of situation for a town if 250 people.

Think about this 5138 tickets annually. That equals out to about 97 tickets a day in a town that is about 2 miles square.

If you have spent any time in East Texas then you have heard of Coffee City, Texas. It is a very small town that is Henderson County. Athen is the County Seat. For as long as I can remember all the way back to 1979-1980 it has been a speed trap.

Their population is 250 with a police department of 50 officers.