Dallas Officer Who Shot And Killed An Unarmed Man And Injured 11-Year Old Boy Under Investigation

Dallas, Texas

Officer Matthew Tate, after responding to a call, stated that he was confronted by a man in a breezeway. The officer’s report says the man had his hands behind his back, but did not comply with instructions and made gestures that caused Tate to open fire. The victim, Tobias Arthur Mackey died from the gunshot wounds. Investigators confirm that the dead man did not have a weapon. Also, an 11-year old boy, not involved in the incident, was hit by a round from the officer’s gun.

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San Antonio Police Officer And Former Union Treasurer Gets Prison Term For Embezzling Money

San Antonio, Texas

Police Officer and former police union treasurer Clifford Morgan, 46, will see the criminal justice system from the wrong side of the bars.

Authorities say the former city police union treasurer, Officer Morgan, ripped off colleagues over a four year period. As part of a plea deal, Morgan has been sentenced to five years. Also, Morgan has agreed to never apply for another law enforcement job after his release. That's important, prosecutors say, noting that too many counties allow disgraced "gypsy cops" to start over elsewhere.  

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Austin Police Officer Involved In Fatal Shooting Scandal and Fired For DUI, Reinstated By Arbitrator, Now Fired Again

Austin, Texas

In an earlier post, was a report of an Austin Police Officer who, after being involved in a fatal shooting scandal and drunk driving, was fired - but re-instated by arbitration. Well, he has been fired again. The official story:

                                            
Officer Leonardo Quintana was fired Wednesday after an internal investigation into an alleged October 2009 domestic disturbance call at his ex-fiancee's suburban Austin home.

A grand jury had declined to indict Quintana in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders II during a struggle. Police Chief Art Acevedo fired him in May after Quintana's arrest in an unrelated drunken driving case.

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Baytown Deputy Constable Accused Of Abusing Handcuffed Prisoner Turns In His Badge

Baytown, Texas

The constable's deputy at the center of an abuse investigation in northeast Harris County has turned in his badge, and his boss says he's glad the officer is no longer on his force.

"I'm glad he did because I was looking at him hard," said Harris County Precinct 3 Constable Ken Jones.

In June, a pizza shop worker had six stitches in his chin and he complained that all his teeth had moved inside his mouth. He also said he lost hearing in one ear after being arrested by a deputy following a police chase.

Julian Juarez, 21, said, "This is a bad cop."

After he was cuffed, a fellow deputy told department supervisors that he heard a loud thud and found Juarez on the ground.

The original charges filed against Juarez, accusing him of felony evading arrest, were dismissed within hours of the abuse investigation being launched.

"I felt like there was more to it," said Constable Jones. However, today he said the deputy has resigned and so the investigation is closed.

The constable did not provide the deputy's name, but said he had been with the department for more than 16-years. He left to take a private sector security job, according to the constable.

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Harris County Deputy Arrested On Bribery Charges

Houston, Texas

A deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office has been arrested on federal charges.

A previously sealed indictment charges a Harris County Deputy Sheriff for allegedly accepting bribes to access confidential law enforcement databases and provide protection for a purported ecstasy dealer.

Harris County Deputy Sheriff George Wesley Ellington was arrested Monday by FBI agents. The two-count indictment charging Ellington, 38, of Houston, was unsealed today following his initial court appearance. Ellington is being held pending a bond decision tomorrow.

"Law enforcement officers who betray their public trust are a danger to the public and to every other officer and agent seeking to uphold the law," said United States Attorney José Angel Moreno.

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Not In Texas But Too Good To Pass Up!

Once in awhile, you run across something so good, it simply must be shared. This is one of those instances. While this story comes from beyond the borders of Texas, I'll bet if you searched hard enough, you would find the same thing right in the big 'ol state.

Tampa, Florida

Shocking Pics of Deputy Posted on Facebook by Soon-To-Be-Ex

The estranged husband of a Tampa sheriff’s deputy recently posted some pictures of her on Facebook that raised a few eyebrows. The photos of veteran Deputy Lisa Latimer show her in uniform, seated in her police cruiser, putting a gun in her mouth, drinking alcohol and smoking what looks to be a marijuana cigarette.

Todd Latimer says that his estranged wife has become a different person since he married her because of her job and the pressures that exist for female officers to be “one of the boys.” He claims that while he was with Lisa, male deputies sexted her constantly and that a career in law enforcement exposes women to a sexually-charged culture.

The Tampa Sheriff’s Office says it will investigate the pictures and Lisa Latimer will likely be suspended pending the outcome. She is currently on vacation.

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