Monday, February 21, 2011
Trouble Brewing in Lexington's Police Department?
Lexington, Texas
On Feb. 9, there was a packed town hall meeting. One the agenda, it was complaints about the Lexington Police.
Racial profiling, overzealous police and complaints outlining abuse of power were all brought to light.
Weeks before the meeting, KXAN-TV in Austin began asking questions about a stack of complaints. For example, one woman who worked in a local store said Lexington Police Chief Randy Davenport made 15 to 20 sexual remarks to her at work in the fall of 2009 -- at one point asking her over to his hot tub, clothing optional.
The TV station later uncovered what sounds like a cover-up. City officials first stated they had no knowledge of complaints. After copies of letters sent to officials were presented, some decided that they might have copies somewhere in their offices.
Is there more about Police Chief Randy Davenport? What was found in Davenport's personnel file was a page of typed responses to a reference check done before he was hired in Lexington in March 2008. The sheriff in a county he worked for near Houston said if given a chance, he would not re-hire Davenport. At the time, he was an investigator with the Colorado County Attorney's Office. The sheriff said Davenport would often retrace and edit his deputy’s investigations and come up with conflicting statements.
“There were times it appeared [Davenport] was trying to have personal affiliations with female suspects being investigated," he also said.
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4 comments:
Officers in this area know Davenport and his reputation. This guy needed to go long ago.
Happy we are without Davenport, he was rud, crud, abusive and a lier. Heard He even helped people steel things from a non-profit museum. Glad to see him gone, now if the others would see the writing on the wall. They are not like, trusted or wanted. All are dishonest, liers, and abusers of power.
Good riddance on Davenport. He was a pervert, a thief, a pathological liar and a creep in my opinion.
But -- Davenport had help. He had to take his orders from someone and that would be the mayor. Let's not forget that.
You don't kill a snake by cutting off the tail. Davenport was the tail. The mayor is the head.
You want to clean up Lexington? Start with the mayor!!
Has Davenport returned the cars he stole yet? No.
Has he returned any of the property he stole from local homes and businesses to their rightful owners? No.
Sounds to me like he got off too easy with a light slap on the wrist. This guy got to sit on his duff and collect a check for 2 months, then off he went like a thief in the night. Sold his house and vanished from that town pronto.
He should be in PRISON!
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