.... and in my original post I never meant or intended to condemn LEO's as a group. I thought I made that clear.jackal858 wrote:This is true of any PD. I don't think anyone here believes that the Fort Worth PD has a problem with hot headed officers. This is certainly an issolated incident. I also have always had good interaction with the officers in Fort Worth, particularly downtown.Fangs wrote:On a related note, I went up to Arlington for my buddy's birthday and spent 2 nights on Sundance Square in Ft. Worth (at least that what the locals called it, kinda like a clean 6th street). Every officer I saw was doing their job well, and I even talked to a few randomly or while looking for directions to specific bars. So yeah, there are some bad apples, but my general opinion of the Ft. Worth officers I encountered and observed was very positive.
However, this type of conduct can not be tolerated on any PD. If the other Officers present had felt the cuffed
suspect was any type of threat, I'm sure more than just Officer Collin Harris would have had their hands on him in
some form of restraint hold. After the man was slammed to the floor, two of the other Officers are seen walking away.
In my mind, they are distancing themselves from the actions of Officer Collin Harris. Maybe something the Ft Worth PD
needs to do, distance themselves from an Officer that shows no self control.