Coffee City, Texas police chief fired, department temporarily disbanded after KHOU 11 investigation

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Published 2023-09-14
KHOU 11's Jeremy Rogalski got a tip about the Coffee City Police Department. Here's what it led to.

All Comments (21)
  • @davidserrano4716
    What really needs to happen is AMERICA needs a National Registry for Bad Officers fired for dishonourable service. So they can never apply at another Agency to continue their abuse. Time to hold these thugs with badges ACCOUNTABLE.
  • @UnKlePennybagz
    Imagine being arrested by a police officer, who themselves has an active warrant.
  • @user-ty5oi4yc9p
    There is no way the mayor and council were not aware of what is going on in such a small town!
  • @keithfagan5424
    This is what journalism should be, not political beliefs or right vs left.
  • @lobozero3679
    This man singlehandedly destroyed a whole corrupt police department in a calm demeanor with pure facts
  • @kawh8719
    This is some quality journalism! Thank you for releasing this all at once. It's wonderful to see progress in this way.
  • @ronbeaubien
    An excellent investigation by local journalists. More people should see this.
  • @davidowens1424
    This is why investigative journalism is so critically important.
  • No way the city council and the mayor did not know that this was going on. They should all be removed as well.
  • @nonya8966
    Wow! An actual REAL not FAKE news chanell with REAL investigatory journalist.
  • @MojoMountainMan
    It's interesting how "ignorance of the law is no excuse" except if you're a police officer
  • @sundromos9456
    How does a mayor and city council not question why it takes 50 officers to police a village of 250 folks. Patently absurd. Ludicrous.
  • @nf4058
    Now this is real groundbreaking journalism 👏
  • @grobertson2008
    Great video, I am sure this is happening in many other places. 20 years as a police office, and I am saddened that someone could do this to a career I cherish. Very sad.
  • This garbage police officer was hired with an active warrant! Absolutely insane!
  • @blueokie
    Is no one going to talk about the elephant in the room? This whole setup was to make a ton of money for the city and the mayor is neck deep in it. They were racking in over a million $$$ in traffic fines to mostly out of town people passing through, by issuing speed trap tickets and then hounding them for payment like lone sharks. This whole city needs to be investigated.
  • @manuelllamas5699
    I remember going through the process of becoming a police officer for LAPD. I was in the final stages of making it to the academy. All I needed to complete was a psychological evaluation. To my surprise, I failed. Interestingly, the detective who was assigned to do my background investigation as a candidate, once said to me: "You look like someone I would feel confident and safe partnering with today. Unfortunately, there are candidates that I wouldn't say the same for, but they will make it through somehow. A lot of the candidates that I believe have good potential to be great officers will not get the opportunity to." I suspect, one of the issues in the police hiring process is the psychological evaluation. Videos like these, support my suspicions.
  • @NPCHSN
    It’s so nice to see journalism return to our country. Thank you.