Coffee City fires police chief and police force

A top city official and an entire police force are out of a job tonight after a series of investigations revealed misconduct in a small east Texas town.

[kneehisniper]

Anytime an official says there's no need to keep investigating, you need to investigate twice as hard.

[richpaul]

Corrupt police need prison, not unemployment compensation.

[Richard.Cabeza]

This is a model that ALL departments across the country MUST follow. The level of corruption, violence, policy and procedural adherence and training is unacceptable. We the PEOPLE want change.

[PH-fzcj]

If the council is telling the news “there is no reason to continue investigating the police department” you better believe they are trying to cover something up.

[lolalalia]

WRONG! The mayor stating there is no need to continue an investigation is WRONG!! Don't forget who hired the police chief, approved budgets, and was well aware of the outrageous amount of funding that came from excessive policing. One Coffee resident said they were stopped literally everyday and written tickets. The mayor was WELL AWARE of what was happening. When those involved in a government crime say "there's no need to investigate", you better pull out that magnifying glass cuz they're hiding something!

[Moosetick]

“There is no reason to continue investigating the police department” <-- Sounds like the City Council needs investigating. There is no way they didn't know this was going on.

[tylerwortman]

“No need to further investigate” means an external investigation needs to occur

[picklerix]

The city council had to have known that the police force was corrupt. There’s no reason for a town that small to have 50 police officers on the payroll. The bad publicity embarrassed the council into taking action.

[michaelburke]

There are so many towns across America, large and small, which have corrupt police departments, especially in the south. It's just disgusting that these people seem to think they can do anything they please, legal or not.

[dustinmiklusicak]

Entire council needs to be investigated. They all knew about and enabled these criminals

[AmericanRebel]

The mayor should also be held accountable since he has control of the police.

[seanshay]

Just because you deactivate the department doesn’t mean the investigation stops. They are terrified to what a thorough investigation would find. I would bet there are multiple criminal offenses in the department.

[Protocol_]

All Coffee City politicians need their financial records thoroughly investigated. The entire situation smells.

[rob_]

I lived in a small town of almost 400-500 people and we had a cop for a couple years and we couldn't maintain it / need it so we had no official police and relied solely on county officers who we asked to increase patrols in our town and they did. I grew up in a city of almost 2000 and a major interstate ran right through it and you can almost guarantee there were 2 officers sitting there every day policing the highway, this is nothing new. It happens almost in every town where they can abuse the highway system.

[Inn_the_dark]

“There’s no need to continue investigating “ 😂😂😂 …..keep investigating 🙌

[Rodan]

The mayor and the city council needs to go also!! The fact that he said the cops can reapply when they find "new" leadership let's you know the scam ain't over yet.

[robertconsoni]

This needs to happen across America. I was raised in a law enforcement family, and they always followed the law and were well respected by the citizens of the community. The law enforcement officers today have no ethics, and they mistreat the public as if they are the judge and jury. They make little or no investigation before going hands-on with a citizen.

[InsaneFirebat]

Not so fast. Who's going to investigate the council for cooking up this money making scheme?

[nothankyou]

The mayor should resign or be fired too. IF he didn't know what was going on he damn well should have. The mayor needs to be investigated starting with his bank account.

[zemtek]

These corrupt cops should not get a penny of unemployment. I am glad the Mayor finally pulled his head out of his ass because that is where it had to be for him not to notice this corruption before the investigation.