I don't remember seeing any TABC, but I wouldn't have been looking. Hardly any businesses were open for the first week, and only a few that sell alcohol are open now.
I think the very first business to reopen after Ike was a bar, though. Someone told me it was on national television.
I didn't particularly care whether any of these forces had legal authority to arrest. I think they were there more for crowd control and possible civil unrest (riots), neither of which was a remote possibility.
In the unlikely event that one of them saw a felony committed within view, I imagine they could deal with it and turn the miscreants over to police with local jurisdiction.
- Jim
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- Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:13 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: How many law-enforcement agencies?
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- Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:36 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: How many law-enforcement agencies?
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How many law-enforcement agencies?
The title is a rhetorical question.
In the last two weeks, I have seen more police on duty than any time since the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. I saw the following forces:
I have probably forgotten or overlooked a few.
Notes:
1. I have never understood the difference between these agencies. Are they all DPS today?
2. I did not know that the Postal Police existed as a uniformed, armed agency. They do.
The crime rate in Galveston was as close to zero as it ever will be, except for curfew violations and some public intoxication the last few days. I attribute that as much to all the junkies taking the free bus rides out of town, as to the police presence. The residents who stayed behind were as law-abiding and friendly as ever.
- Jim
In the last two weeks, I have seen more police on duty than any time since the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. I saw the following forces:
- City of Galveston
- local constable deputies
- Galveston County Sheriff's Deputies
- Galveston ISD Police
- UTMB Police
- Port of Galveston Police
- DPS(1)
- state troopers(1)
- Texas game wardens
- City of Denton
- City of Round Rock
- City of McAllen
- City of Laredo
- U.S.P.S Postal Police(2)
- U.S. Federal Protective Service
- U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (formerly INS, mostly)
I have probably forgotten or overlooked a few.
Notes:
1. I have never understood the difference between these agencies. Are they all DPS today?
2. I did not know that the Postal Police existed as a uniformed, armed agency. They do.
The crime rate in Galveston was as close to zero as it ever will be, except for curfew violations and some public intoxication the last few days. I attribute that as much to all the junkies taking the free bus rides out of town, as to the police presence. The residents who stayed behind were as law-abiding and friendly as ever.
- Jim