Texas Law Enforcement

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[quote name='hansinoman' post='325011' date='Jul 28 2009, 22:05 ']Being a regular "city police" in Dallas County, Texas, I can attest that the animosity between the "city police" and deputy constables is on the rise. Originally relegated to serving as bailiffs in JP Court or serving civil papers (subpoenas, eviction notices and the like), constables have taken on a new and higher profile in the Dallas area with the addition of "traffic constables" whose sole purpose is to go out and write tickets to pad the county's coffers. They have no other responsibilities, they don't investigate wrecks (or even respond to them), they wont show up if you call 911, and are, for the lack of a better term, generally rogues. Not a single constable precinct in Dallas County has any patrol responsibility, yet they go out and write tickets, get in long high speed chases with as many other constables that they can possibly throw into the fray, and get in the way of other law enforcement agencies who are actually out doing real police work and answering to the public.



There, I feel better...[/quote]



Traffic Constable you say?? *snkr*