Coffee City, Texas Looking Other Way About INSANE POLICE CORRUPTION!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2023
- In this clip from episode 883 of I Doubt It Podcast, Brittany Page and Jesse Dollemore discuss a follow-up of a story they covered on their previous episode regarding corruption in the Coffee City, Texas, police department.
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The mayor denying that they knew anything about something they are directly responsible for means they're either a criminal or an idiot. Either way he has no right to be in office.
because "that looks really bad"
hmmm, I see his main concern🤪
They never know nothing when the get caught
They'll investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing.
Exactly! Never fails.
Yes, because a police department who represents themselves has not a fool for a client, as they will lie their way out of all of it!
YA his cousin or his sister who runs the DA's office will investigate and find no wrong doing.
UPDATE: THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY TAKEN ACTION. FIRED EVERYONE, except the Mayor. Unbelievable corruption. Nothing surprises us anymore.
30 days paid leave? Ridiculous!!!
The mayor should be removed immediately, this is ridiculous, such corruption in America
Someone has to be held accountable for this massive corruption. Unacceptable
TCOLE
I've lived in small towns, and in communities of that general size, the mayor usually has a very good handle on what's happening in their town. And not only that, but the citizens ALSO know what's happening. So how this mayor can claim no knowledge...well, it's just not credible.
Town CLEARLY has serious issues. Did anyone catch that flash of legal docs in which it's revealed that the PD has a BOILER ROOM OPERATION for fine collection? Did you also catch that this "collection department" is operated out of Houston? If you were in charge of some small town that's not exactly up the road from Houston, about the only reason you would need to do this would be that, if the "city" found out by hiring locals and they caught what was ACTUALLY going on, all hell could break loose.
Also, there aren't too many reasons why a town...speed trap or not...would need a large outsourcing for just police fines. But one that comes to mind is kickback schemes. KHOU might have some fun digging into that city "department". Might also get a butt load of city officials (such as Hizzonor Mayor Idunno) dragged in front of a judge. But this IS Texas, so who knows? That state's corruption honestly rivals Chicago's!
And if you like getting Version 1 of corruption's greatest hits, the sequel might be even crazier. So...1 in 5 residents of Coffee City, TX are cops...which defies mathematical odds. There's no good reason why a greasy spot in the road needs 20% of its residents to be cops. Sooo... let's have a look at the local police union. Certainly THEY would have some answers, although I doubt you'd get them without resorting to MASSIVE amounts of legal bombardment. But if you have a situation like this... c'mon, the police union knows the reason. And potentially, how much that reason costs in terms of percentage of fines handled by Coffee City Mystery Accounting LLC.
Honestly, from the moment that I saw that wildly skewed population figure, I could SMELL the corruption. And given police union involvement, that would probably make said union qualify as a multistate problem...and then it's time to ring up the FBI.
Mayor Hotpants there has now arrived at his own personal Omega Mart...because he has no idea what's in store for him! This could be good for a few months of comedy!
Well of course he knew@@tradde11, with the City Council including, THEY ALL VOTED FOR IT!
Hopefully RICO charges because there is corruption big time here.
@@justsaying3729 Suggest that to the town council. They appeared to be majorly gobsmacked by these KHOU revelations.
City Council at fault too. They listen to budget the city planner brings and they hire fire chief and police chief. Police Chief should step down and be held accountable too.
No way this guy doesn't know about the budget of the city. He'd have to know how many cops there are.
Apprently the reserve officers don't get paid. They get a gun and uniform to work private jobs and "kick back some money to the chief".
That may be true@@abny14, but what about what all the other officers where doing, think the Council didn't know?
Not only is the police department are corrupt but the whole city council and kayor and city manager are corrupt, I feel sorrow for the people of that city
Can't wait to hear the rest of the story
If they suspended a Walmart employee for suspected theft while they did an investigation that employee would not be given a suspension with pay…….
Could we stop paying people on suspension. It’s just rewarding them. Suspension is a penalty not a vacation…. And no they can’t use vacation time….
I grew up in a town of 800, and it was almost like Mayberry. One chief cop, and one Barney Fife. As of a decade ago the cop retired, and the police dept desolved and the Sheriff dept over sees the town now.
Saves money
If true? Dude it's an active warrant! of course is true!
The mayor knew full well what was going on Fire him
I'm gonna say it again, The mayor knew how many people he was paying to do that top period even if 10% of them were not there period he was still Paying for 40 cops that he knew of to police Is two hundred fifty population town.
If he didn't, then he needs to be fired for INCOMPETENCE.
It's 50 cops for 250 residents??🤔
Ignorance is no excuse
This man is complicit. The address of the municipal court is the same as the mayors office. It's a tiny building with offices three steps from each other.
Can’t say I’m surprised smh 🤦🏼♂️
I find it hard to believe that the Mayor had no idea! If he had no idea he does not look very competent.
Does everyone in town have multiple warrants out on them?
A police chief with a warrant. Jesus Christ. He should be fired as well, they paying cops to find and arrest people with warrants, and the person giving the directives has a warrant. Laughable
Too many U.S. cities are police departments with cities, not cities with police departments. City councils are so intimidated by the police department that they rubber-stamp every budget and other request from the police department. You cannot examine police budgets when crime is high (usually defined by the police department) or when crime is low. It's a sad situation.
That's why there is so much corruption in policing.
Ray Teal acted as Sheriff Roy Coffee IN Bonanza R I P - GOP RIP too.
To protect and serve or commit perjury when it serves the states case!
The chances that the mayor knew nothing about this situation are ZERO, not wanting to know about it, at least 100%.
He sounds like a corrupt criminal himself too, someone that does NOT derserve our trust, that is a sure thing.
Well we all know how internal investigations work out!
I'm just waiting to see who from the local government is going to resign first or who from the previous government is going to lawyer up first. Follow the money because how many traffic tickets can you write in a town that size to generate a huge profit without something illegal going on? I live 12 miles from one with a population that size and they were generating over a million dollars a year in traffic fines until the department was sued then investigated and the chief was charged, prosecuted and went to prison.
They are all gone, Fired. Check the Updates. The Mayor should be next.
The biggest unanswered question for me is, where the hell was TCOLE and why is a Journalist having to do their Job?
Quick rebuttal: If you say you didn't know, you can still be arrested for being a criminal. Any of those cops who have outstanding warrants are in for a nasty shock.
They need to go to prison for there crimes. Protect and serve my Azz
No accountability when it starts at the top! And in this case there's not even enough people left over to Have an oversight committee🤣🤣🤣👁️ crack me up man!
First you’re the mayor? You never looked at the police budget? Second you didn’t think of it?
I grew up and raised my children in small towns. not *this* small, but small enough where there wasn't a mayor in either. the best thing about living in a small town is knowing your neighbors. the worse thing about living in a small town is knowing your neighbor's business. what a crock. if the mayor knew nothing he's obviously lying, in on it, or so ignorant he has no business being in charge of a girl scout cookie drive, let alone a town - and its budget!
Why does a town of 250 need 50 officers. Unbelievable.
I grew up right around that area in one of the other small towns there - everybody knows *everything* about everyone. There is exactly zero chance the mayor either didn't know beforehand or he wouldn't have heard secondhand even in just casual conversation.
Investigate more of this type of corruption. There are a lot of cities like this
How about this, A city of 250 Residence Does not need a police department
Is absurd. The tax base wouldn't be close to enough to pay for even a part-time officer. I don't know how funding for police services works in small rural areas of the country. There has to be money from county or state revenue to support towns like this. Even the thought of having a mayor for 250 residents is laughable.
The town's strategic coffee bean reserve went mysteriously missing. Migraines from caffeine withdrawal ensued and persisted. Unforgivable and unacceptable.
Besides his hiring, Of course the Mayor & City Council knew, what the Chief was doing, THEY VOTED ON IT!
The mayor wasn't aware of the huge amount of money coming in from fines in an itty-bitty town? Sounds weak.
That's where the bad cops go to get a job.
No mayor should ever give an interview wearing shorts.
The number one statement I’ve (and surely everyone else) heard residents of small towns say is “everyone knows everyone and everything about everyone”…soooo splain it Mayor Lucy, just how is it YOU (Mayor Lucy) didn’t know?
The Attorney General for the State of Texas needs to lead the investigation of the mayor and the city council. No one has any confidence with the mayor and the city council of Coffee City TX.
Thank you, Jesse, I was listening to your & Brittany's Podcast on this when this broke. How could the Mayor & City Council not know what was going on. And that B.S. comment the Chief made for hiring those people. Lock them all Up! I've never seen so many negative comments on one subject so quickly. Good for those Investigative Reports but Watch your back. How many other municipalities are operating the same way.
Looks like the wild west is still alive and well in parts of Texas.
Coffee ☕ and Doughnut 🍩 city.
Police live there!
The mayor in all his intelligence didn't realize that there were 50 cops on the payroll???? He will be next to go after they find out he was on the take.
That is the kind of job we should all want, one where we get a paid vacation every time we screw up.
How do you not know 50 cops on payroll
The mayor is the ring leader
I don't believe the mayor! The mayor and city council didn't know what their police department, especially the police chief. This was about making money!
Hey, Jesse and Brittany, I just saw a video posted on RUclips from CBS19 (name of the channel) whose title was "Coffee City fires police chief and police force"! It was posted 22 hrs. ago...Just in case you folks wanted to view it or comment again on the situation. Thanks to both of you for your great work. 😇🙏🌈
Why aren't the elected officials, breaking down the doors of the DOJ, to come in an do a "sting operation", and charge ALL who are breaking laws on a federal level!🤞🤞🤞🙄
Check out the city limits on Google Earth. It looks like the poster child for Gerrymandering.
C'mon man. In a town that size, if someone farts everyone smells it
“Paid Vacation” thank you!! That’s what it is. In that same interview with the major he pointed out that they were not giving tickets “just warnings “ but then how do you explain all that money coming in. Now he says that he wasn’t aware of what the chief was doing but he wants the new chief to be in charge of hiring just so he can continue to deny. All these small towns in Texas are cash grabs, taking the money away from the citizens in the name of “safety”. This abuse needs to end!
This is the problem when your country runs on litigation, one of the best things that happened in my country, when we adopted Accident Compensation, was we signed away the right to be able to sue for accidents, so we don't get any of the ridiculous lawsuits and settlements we see in the US.
Did your country also sign away education? Because your analogy is as astute as farting in the bathtub to warm the water.
@@Look_What_You_Did No, we are still well ahead of the USA in lists of education, are you a butt hurt lawyer worried you will lose all those fees.
A policeman on every corner!! Oh wait! Do they have street corners?
Dear Mr. Mayor, you allow these people to carry guns in the name of the law. If anyone needs to be responsible for the fact that you gave criminals that permission, it’s YOU. Secondly, who in TEXAS does not check to see if a POLICE CHIEF has a DUI in his PAST??
Paid suspension.... high five!
Why was there not a question to why you had 50 total members of a place for us for population of 250?
The Mayor said he wants to restore the integrity of the police department. Ha!! He needs to restore the integrity of the city council. Sounds like they just sat around and talked about the weather, and sports at city council meetings.
I think you should have mentioned that these thieves in blue made $ 1 million plus in tickets and summonses. That must of slipped the mayors attention too. Townspeople also talked about how cop cars constantly rebound up and down the main street. I guess the mayor lives in Houston or Dallas or Miami....
Only the smartest people say "whenever" to refer to a single event.
Dude you don't notice 1.somthing million $$ in a town of 249 people..... PLEASE. we should use Coffee Texas to take back our roadways and make them safe to use from sea to sea.
You hired a Chief with a DUI in his past, which he had an open warrant to. Ummmm??
Lots of towns in Texas like this . Most not this bad. Most dont stop locals only stop out of. Town drivers .
What other job rewards you with a paid vacation when you sh!t the bed this bad?
Government jobs, Congress.
Yes thanks for captions
Right wing politics and attitudes go hand in hand with law enforcement. Sorry L.E.O.s. A few bad apples spoils the barrel. Clean house and all will be well.
the mayor knew what was happening ,, it wouldn't surprise me if they found out he was taking kick backs
Who is actually behind this? A town of 250 cannot justify the need for let alone afford the cost of 50 officers. I believe The sherriff when 8nterviewed said the average salary was $80,000 per year. How are they getting paid and who authorized it? Seems to me there is far more going on here than meets the eye.
Do away with the PD and contrsct the county sherriff
What Kind of a mayor is this he doesn’t know what’s going on in his hometown he’s got to go
That mayor be lying
The mayor was only concerned with one issue, how much ready cash was being poured into the city coffers!
The more money pouring into the city means that the government employees can put more money in their pockets!
The mayor knew about it and took a cut under the table. Dirty mayor too
Sanctuary city for corrupt cops
shadytown usa...
Why does a town of 250 need 50 cops on the v force
The mayor didn’t realize that his town of 250 residents had a multimillion dollar police budget?
Mercenaries 😮 body language 🎉
Where was the budget coming from to pay 50 cops ????
I didn't know! Yeah, riiiiight!
This is a serious problem across the nation. Yes, we need police. We do not need to worship them. They must be held to task by the same laws that others must abide by.
The police get suspended with pay because their union fought for it.
Everyone can do that.
See Google maps with city limits marked for Coffee City. Very small town with spider legs extending on roads passing through. Little or no housing along the areas shown to be city limits. Hmm, can you say obvious speed trap. Nothing to see here, just go on about your business.
I wonder how much the mayor and the rest of the council made out of the fines
The city coffers are overflowing with traffic violation cash; and the Mayor doesn’t have a clue how it got there.
How can a town of 250 people afford the payroll of 50 cops, at about 100 grand apiece (just guessing; probably low-balling)?
From all the money they bring in writing tickets on those simply traveling by on the highway. Plus at least ½ their force have a NO SHOW JOB and make their real money from full time employment elsewhere. Their 'employment' with the city is more about the pd health insurance and vacation benefits they get for not working.
@@amyturpen4726 i.e. organized crime.
What they should do is suspend them until investigation is complete. If not guilty, retro pay, if guilty the criminal cop should have to refund money while suspended...lose all perks. City Councils are at fault too...charge them for hiring a bad cop.
If you don't know how many people there are in your town and how many police officers, at what level are you doing the job of mayor?
Think doj needs to look at this.
The Mayor looks like an alcoholic ?😮
He on vacation not suspension!
My God it Texas isn't it ,what did you really expect????😮😢😢😢
He didn’t say an active warrant. He said pending dui case. That’s not illegal.
Anyone else get 30 day paid suspension?
Pretty uninformed mayor.
I wonder if he was getting a cut of all those police officer’s side jobs.
The entire city counsel... So everybody who lives there?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥴🍿👀😳🦧
Why do you need 50 personel to police 250 pple😮🤯??