Off duty Texas cop shoots woman in the head during fit of road rage.

[The Merg]

And oh, the road rage case isn't the only recent incident involving Precinct 6 'Volunteer/Reserve' Officers discharge of their weapons.
Reserve deputy accused of firing gun at CenterPoint Energy workers

Glad that no one was killed in either incident...

Uno

Looks like that officer got charged as well...

I'm a little weary when a person can pay their own ride through a police academy...

- Merg

 

[Herr Kutz]

There are a lot of tards on my commute to and from work that I'd like to shoot too.

 

[master_shake_]

It's a good thing this was done by a cop, otherwise, I don't think none of you would have cared about this woman.

Must be nice to selectively preach respecting life and humanity,.. only when it serves the purpose of bashing/criticizing your enemy,... hm,.. I guess the popo is rubbing off rather nicely on some of you,..

it's a good thing it WAS done by a cop.

a citizen with a gun has better aim.

 

[xBiffx]

it's a good thing it WAS done by a cop.

a citizen with a gun has better aim.

All those non-citizen cops and all....:whiste:

Oh what's that? Yor were busy trolling ignorantly? Please, continue.

 

[OutHouse]

As far as Texas is concerned Constables are not much different that a police officer or sheriff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_constable#Constable.27s_jurisdiction

Constables may make a warrantless arrest for any offense committed in their presence or view anywhere in Texas, except for offenses under Texas Transportation Code, Title 7, Subtitle C, which covers most moving traffic violations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_constable#cite_note-6However, they may enforce all state and local laws while in their county, including traffic offenses. Constables may serve arrest warrants anywhere in Texas.

my dad was a retired Harris County Deputy Sheriff, he was on the dept in the 70's when constables were nothing more than a judges bitch and security guards at fairs. he hated them then and when they got full police powers he said he was glad he was not around to deal with "those morons, who are too stupid to graduate the academy, and be real cops"

 

[sandorski]

Methinks the only wrong that constable committed as far as his friends are concerned was not shooting accurately enough.

Definitely a Bad Shoot.

 

[Blanky]

Off topic but wtf is your avatar? It looks like a meat blanket..?

lol it's just a close up of a random blanket I found online. I can see your point now, though. it looked a little better when zoomed out with the grass around it. Now it looks a bit off.

 

[unokitty]

my dad was a retired Harris County Deputy Sheriff, he was on the dept in the 70's when constables were nothing more than a judges bitch and security guards at fairs. he hated them then and when they got full police powers he said he was glad he was not around to deal with "those morons, who are too stupid to graduate the academy, and be real cops"

Sounds like your dad had a valid point.

Constables are licensed peace officers. They undergo the same basic training and certifications as do local police officers and sheriff's deputies. However, they do not get the advanced training that is given to, for example, sheriff's deputies. A new sheriff's deputy is required to partner with a "field training officer" for several weeks of intense one-on-one observation and training. Constables are not. The sheriff's deputies work traffic all day every day -- that is what they do for a living. The constables would be filling in "free time." While qualified on paper, the constables primarily are not traffic cops, they are process servers.

The constables do not have the comprehensive communications, command structure, procedures and policies that a large police or sheriff's department has developed. A good example of this lack of policies and command structure was seen in Dallas just last month when the Dallas constables engaged in a cross county, high speed chase with a suspected hot check writer...


To many local citizens, the most troubling aspect of Presley's plan is the idea that law enforcement can be made to be a revenue source.

The purpose of law enforcement, according to these citizens, should always be to ensure public safety by enforcing the law fairly and with no hidden motives. When the power of a police officer is used to generate money, the law is corrupted.

County officials I spoke to object to the characterization that revenue is the primary motive. They point out that any ticket revenue would be a very small part of the county's $280 million dollar budget. That is true, but when a deputy or constable is rated on how many tickets he writes, and how much money he brings in, then justice becomes the servant of money, and the citizenry become the prey of an overzealous law enforcement policy designed to raise revenue.

From what I read, the authorized mission for Constables is to be process servers.

Though, it appears that their real mission is to raise revenue.

You can put this former MP in with the group that thinks "When the power of a police officer is used to generate money, the law is corrupted."

Uno

 

[thraashman]

Why do I feel like if it comes out this woman is black all the conservatives in P&N will suddenly start saying "she shouldn't have cut him off".