To: Cap'n Crunch
It's easy to make the cop look like the bad guy when the whole story isn't told. In Texas, a chief constable is elected, then he appoints his crony friends to be deputies. None of them have to be law enforcement officers when elected, and they're given some cursory training.
IOW, they have no business carrying weapons. Stories like this illustrate why. And why does it take more than one to serve a warrant for parking tickets?
Constables are political hacks, not lawmen.
14 posted on
05/13/2003 11:59:22 AM PDT by
sinkspur
To: sinkspur
It all boils down to speculation because we only have one side of the story.
To: sinkspur
Sinkspur wrote:
In Texas, a chief constable is elected, then he appoints his crony friends to be deputies. None of them have to be law enforcement officers when elected, and they're given some cursory training.
IOW, they have no business carrying weapons. Stories like this illustrate why. And why does it take more than one to serve a warrant for parking tickets?
Constables are political hacks, not lawmen.
Actually, what you said about Texas constables is not exactly true.
1. Constables are elected (as are sheriffs). An elected constable who is not a licensed cop has a certain amount of time to get that license (meaning, attend an academy and pass the state testthis is not cursory training; its the same training as every cop in the state). The same rules apply for a sheriff. I do not have a problem with thiscitizens should be able to elect law enforcement; and the alternative can be worse. For example, the Houston Police Chief is appointed by the Mayor, and look who we have! Also as an example, some cities still have the concept of an elected Police Chief, often called the Town Marshall.
2. All deputy constables and deputy sheriffs must be licensed before being hired.
25 posted on
05/13/2003 1:36:08 PM PDT by
Stat-boy
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