The chief of police of a tiny Texas town has been suspended, pending an investigation into a force reportedly filled with bad-apple cops
cops. The force is reportedly five times larger than any other small-town police force in Texas, and Coffee City raked in more than $1 million in court fees from tickets last year.by Houston CBS affiliate KHOU, which uncovered an alarming hiring pattern by Chief of Police JohnJay Portillo.
this week that he and the city council “felt it necessary for us to place Chief Portillo on a 30 thirty-day suspension.” A state agency, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, is also reportedly investigating the Coffee City force. ’s interview requests. Despite its more than ample staffing, no one at the Coffee City police department answered the phone either, nor did Mayor Blackstone respond to a request for comment.
Chief Portillo has legal issues beyond his handling of the force. KHOU reports he failed to disclose a 2004 DWI arrest — for which he was a no-show in court and a warrant remains outstanding — when applying to his current post. Portillo told the TV station that the omission was unintentional, insisting he was “not not being truthful,” adding: “I just put down everything that was in my mind when I filled out my application.
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