Rogue TX Police Dept. Arrests Woman for Criticizing Town’s Water, So State Disbands Entire Dept.– www.westernjournal.com
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The score: Free Speech, 1; Trinidad, Texas, Police Department, 0.
Months after a citizen was put in jail for a social media post about the community’s water, Trinidad police were notified that the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement had revoked all required licenses, effectively shutting down the department, according to KETK-TV.
The state agency investigated the police department in August and found it did not meet minimum standard licenses for the Trinidad Police Department, meaning the agency has effectively been disbanded this week.
The department of five full-time officers and some part-timers “was unable to provide evidence that the agency provides public benefit to the community,” the state wrote in its scathing review, according to KDFW-TV.
It said 18 required policies were not in place.
“It was not a shock. I’m not gonna say that it was,” Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws said.
“There’s been a lot of neglect through the years,” Haws added.
Did the state do the right thing in disbanding this police department?