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.
@@robert1739 nope, just curious. A lot of reserves could show even more corruption by hooking his buddies up with police credentials, while not having any responsibilities.
@@donreilly208...dude, it's 50 officers in a city of 250 people! That's one officer for every 5 residents. You don't need a reserve for a town like that and 10-15 is the most you should need. But this is exactly why city police budgets tend to be 60% of a city's tax revenue, because they keep adding as much as they can to keep increasing their budget.
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.
The entire city is corrupt and the various players started to not get along and this happened. The entire staff are just collecting all the various county, state, and federal funds they get for everything like any other city and splitting it up amongst themselves. The fallout happened because some people started demanding more money. The extra officers were just a scam by the chief to try to make more for himself when they wouldn't give him more.
@@tylerwortman dumb fuck on the internet who thinks he knows the truth because he's a dipshit conspiracy theorist. They got the sheriff and 50 other cops. R u stupid? Oh wait, it's all of the cops that are corrupt, isn't it?
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!
I men though, if the WHOLE town is "Corrupt" and it benefits the town,.... like if ever one is on the take, then best for outsiders to avoid? I dunno, bulldoze it and start from scratch?
The most outlying questions are, why TF does a town of 249 people, need 50 bloody cops??? And how TF the mayor didn't know it was all happening right under his nose?? It all stinks to high heaven. I know the population difference is huge compared to America, but here in Australia, I live in a small country town, population 1150, we have 2 cops, that's it. But, saying that, we don't have double the amount of guns to our population. America, population 250ish million, 400 million guns. Australia, population 25 million, 3.5 million guns.
@@eddiemcfadden4386 to be fair, I never said he did. But somebody with authority in Coffee City DID hire that chief. Managing a city involves numerous people that include accountants auditing revenue collected by the city police and human resource management screening potential employees. Not to mention the citizens of Coffee Citty had been continuously complaining. It is not possible for a mayor of a town with just 250 citizens to be unaware of what the police chief was doing.
@@Iamrightyouarewrong but it wasn't benefiting the town. The citizens were being harassed by on overzealous police department and paying hundreds in fines. People would avoid driving through the town which negatively affects small businesses in the community. And the salaries for these officers could have gone towards funding something the city actually needs. Corruption only benefits those conducting the crimes.
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.
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.
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.
No police department can run without the approval of City Management. They want the investigation to end at the police department only to limit their involvement. They don't want people investigating them and how hands on they were. The city benefited from this scheme. Their budgets and salaries obviously increased. That said, I'm glad that this crooked police chief and his band of pirates are no longer terrorizing this town and the roads through it.
Well, at least the mayor looks a like a few days of sober in this interview! But maybehe just tired & puffy red face 🥵 from all the lights, camers & action Is happening in his one horse town.
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.
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.
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.
You nailed it Been the victim of hands on with no investigation many times over .Brother was a cop. Grandad undercover. Other brother lawyer Seen ugly side of the law many times. Mm. Meet a few good lawyers. Inspired me. And a few good cops. Mostly scumbag cops. Legal system a shame. Poor are automatically guilty.
It's rare for a news station to take this stance and investigate, for once I'm impressed. Just imagine of all news outlets did this everywhere, change would happen
How about elected officials do their job? They KNEW exactly what was happening. They only did this to thwart deeper investigation into the rest of the town corruption. Listen to what the mayor said. There's now no need for further investigation.
What rock have you been living under? I have moved a lot during my life and there’s always a K(something) Channel News Investigates. You can Google TV News investigation or since you’re already here look for it on TH-cam. It’s not rare but commonplace and quite often change does take place. Where I live recently my local news investigated how parking meter tickets have risen drastically from years before. Turns out the meters weren’t giving the correct amount of time even though payment was made. That’s just my area.
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.
@@tasha3939 The mayor was in on the scam too, even the counsel had to know about the number of cops and the budget. But they benefited by the cut they got for the city, sure they all had their hands in the cookie jar some how.
@@tasha3939 there were 50 cops, Chief, city council, Judge, .all the records and court proceedings from their activities. Every bit of this needs an audit and investigation. The state needs to dive in.
The light of day needs to keep shining on the situation. If I lived there I would be watching closely and would be ready to get into it if need be. The mayor was well aware of this situation and bears watching closely also. He seems more concerned with keeping the folks in line. I can guarantee he is disappointed over the loss of ticket revenue. One thing that needs to be done is for the folks to get their cameras out and record all meetings and actions taken regarding this situation. The leadership needs to be well aware that they are under a microscope. Try to elect a DA that will actually prosecute law enforcement officers for committing crimes. (That's a tough one but can be done with enough pressure.) Considering what politicians will do to get re-elected we are foolish if we don't use that to make them behave and do their jobs. If we convince them that if they don't do their jobs properly we will find someone who will they will be much more interested in pleasing us who pay them.
This is a win all around!! Thank you for the in-depth reporting🏋️♂️🏆. These poor performing Officers needed this kick in the butt ,they should see it as a reset opportunity to be and do better somewhere else. The community has relief from these neglegient bullies.
THIS is what ACTUAL journalism is for! Not protecting corrupt politicians and bureaucrats like mainstream media! REAL JOURNALISM is vital for society and acts like a disinfectant to disease.
There can not be a way that the city council was not aware of what was going on. The city council should be prosecuted for abuse of power right along with the police force.
Didn't you hear the now sober Mayor? Now there's not any more reason for any of this investigation nonsense! Nothing to see here, NOPE, not anymore!! So y'all can go 'bout yer bidness now, we all good now, 'K?
They had 50 officers for a town with 250 people? This is insane. The entire city staff needs to be turned out for this lunacy. That dept would need to issue more than a hundred tickets a day just to meet the payroll.
Most of them did not actually work there. They were listed as unpaid 'full-time' officers necessary to obtain high-paying security jobs near Houston. It was a scam...
Most were carried on the books as reserve officers... not paid by Coffee City but then able to apply for jobs miles away involving security as their real fulltime jobs. It was a scam...
@@ericandrews1661 government is not always to believe when u see something no good some ppl start talking of looking at .short while they where talking of soo many to small town that cititations giving soooo many of tickets to ppl .which town I live here is almost same you many law enforcement as I guess ambulance sometimes when u call them there not to find when u don't need them u see them
@@PentaRaus I've watched a few interviews with local residents and they not only noticed, but were being harassed by those 50 officers. One resident spoke of being pulled over pretty much everyday for one BS reason or another.
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.
you haven't been following the news have you...the AG is Ken Paxton, he's on trial right now in the state Senate for corruption, bribes, stealing, etc., Texas doesn't have an AG right now. The DOJ needs to step in.
The Coffee City PD has a well earned reputation of doing the wrong thing, over and over again. As for the Coffee City Mayor, saying that there is no need for further investigations of the police department personnel. The investigation must take place, in order to find how deep the corruption is rooted within Coffee City.
They were probably distracted by the millions in ticket revenue that they were figuring out how to frivolously spend or embezzle. Hear no evil, see no evil, etc. "Gee, where did all this free money come from? What's that? 20% of the city's population are cops? How could any of us in the local government have known?!"
It wasn't that simple. They didn't have 50 extra cops salaries on payroll, read a whole telling of the story with all the details and not a cut down simplified news take.
They weren't actually in the city, they were remote workers who were getting paid to call on outstanding warrants. But turns out that's illegal too because they only got paid for successful warrant recoveries (something like that) and weren't actually getting a base pay. Previous news stories lay it out much better, hope this helps.
They did, 100%. There's no way not to. Millions coming in in tickets and millions going out in payroll to 50 cops. Not knowing would be worse; You'd have to be MASSIVELY incompetent.
"There is no need to continue investigating the police department" sad moments after we hear "active duty can reapply" NOPE. Clearly other things are going on! Keep digging!!!
Texans getting what Texans deserve. I present the Slaver State of Texas Don't worry winter will thin out their numbers again, happens every winter in third world countries.
when i started as a police officer in 1973 the general guideline for municipal police departments in the usa was one officer for every 1,000 in the resident population. how do they get 50 for 250?
@@davidkermes376 because a large portion of the "50" werent full time. They were warrant officers operating in a totally different county and not getting full time pay, but instead were getting $150 per warrant served.
Well it isnt fair to assume all officers on the force were bad. Also you cant prevent those who were bad from reapplying. The important part is that background checks be conducted and the city council sets standards that cant be ignored in regards to hiring. What they are doing is a step in the right direction by just stopping the entire department and then re organizing it.
IMO the mayor and city counsel also need the boot. There is no way they didn't have at least some idea of what was going on and that they had 50 officers on payroll. They are presented with and have to approve the financials. Seems they have no problem throwing the police force under the bus to try and save themselves which is why a DEEP investigation is in order.
When you are a servant to the public you must hold yourself to a higher standard than that of the average citizen. If you can’t do that, you have no place being an officer. Get rid of qualified immunity, and have lawsuits be paid out of pensions, not tax payers pockets. You don’t get to retire and live comfortably when you’ve failed society. Literally.
@@lilphilosophy481 I suggest you choke down more cop d!ck, your favorite.. also, get a real job, government tapeworm.. your time is running out and quickly.
The mayor, and council need to go. All new council, new mayor. No former officers should be hired back. A new force, with a cap on how many cops they can have.
This case shows that we need a national database of law enforcement officers, listing all charges and disciplinary actions. Time to end the practice of firing a cop for cause, nothing the next department can find, so the bad cops just get passed around.
If any individual is in law enforcement, everything about them should be on public record and/or displayed at the local PD. Any officer should be able to be sued, both through department and personally. Any crime they commit, should have a penalty 10x worse than what a citizen should receive. Including a death penalty, for simply lying about an arrest they've falsely made, and are lying about.
Most European police forces already have a national database of police personnel. So this level of criminal corruption can be detected and prevented. The US should have one, but the police unions would object no doubt!
It’s sad that it took this long to do what’s right. That police force has been running around doing shady things for years and now you got caught with your hands in the cookie jar and you’re sorry. The whole city council needs to be removed as well
They still haven't done what's right. And they won't do what's right because the right thing to do would give all of them a speedy trial, line them up, and have their brothers in blue execute justice in the form of 5.56.
I posit the residents like the speed trap revenue more than they dislike the minor inconvenience of slowing down for a minute on their way in or out of town, and it's only the bad press of enabling bad cops that they want gone.
What shady things? They were left out of this video. All that was mentioned in this story was the police chief having failed to disclose a prior misdemeanor arrest on his job application.
The city council knew. The town needs to call for their impeachment. It's not just the cops who are corrupt, it's the politicians too. This journalist needs to dig into the city council and their connections to this.
As far as the mayor goes he doesn't know what's going on either he needs to be replaced or he's covering something up said there's no need for further investigation course there is we need to see what they did he legally and somebody needs to be charged
Just shows that they think their community is dumb and gullible enough to believe them after saying that there's no need for an investigation and these bad officers can re-apply. Just imagine if the chief never got caught?? 🤔
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The community isn't dumb -- the community is COMPLICIT. They know there's a speed trap, so they don't get caught in it; the janky officers' side gigs aren't in town so they're unaffected. The community wants that extra revenue.
@@AtomicBuffalo I said "THEY think their community is dumb" You can also be dumb and complicit or be dumb by being complicit. Indeed the community would like the extra revenue but this story uncovered more than that.
That manicured mayor and whatever constitutes as a city council in that little podunk town just felt the heat from their scam being exposed is all. Unincorporate the town and let county handle traffic enforcement.
So, the Mayor sacks the entire Police Force meaning "there is no further need to continue the investigation" so nobody looks into why the chief was allowed to recruit 50 officers, who authorised it, who approved the budget, where did the money come from and where did it go.
You ask the right questions to get meaningful answers. They want to avoid questioning because of the hidden money flow the investigations would expose. That's taxpayers money they're STEALING! Now how many bogus tickets were processed by the local courts? The courts had to know somethings fishy by the sheer volume of tickets. That makes every arrest suspicious. How many was done under false pretenses under the color of law? The corruption is complete.
Very troubling the way in which dishonest or incompetent police officers are able to bum around from department to department with no adequate oversight.
It's hard to find domestic terrorist who will treat their fellow man with complete disregard, so when the government finally identifies it's good little jack-boots, it does everything within it's means to keep that proven traitor working to extort all of us for their paychecks. It's simple- none of them do any productive labor. Police, politicians, government workers- they're all leeching off of those of us who work, so again, anyone willing to be their extortionist is going to get protection from the system. The hierarchy cares about keeping the -grift- hierarchy going, not the satisfaction of those it's oppressing.
@@spencers4121for anyone who wonders why police unions are the most powerful union by leaps and bounds; Unions exist as a means for the working class to stand up against the massive political and economic power of the ruling class, collective action is the only way Police on the other hand are literally the tools of the ruling class. The possibility of a work slow down for them gives much more leverage in negotiations than the possibility of a bridge or the movies shutting down, or kids missing a few days of school
lmao "there is no need to continue investigating the police department". sounds very sus. also incredibly sus mayor, and entire city council. how did they magically not know that 20% of their population was on police payroll?
Many of those officers were "reserve officers"...carried on the books for no pay...didn't even live in the town.. which allowed them to work 250 miles away at an office tracking down people that owed money to the City, warrants etc.... because Coffee City allows reserve officers to have a second job....(which just happens to be their first job)... and that brings in money to Coffee City.
So sus. How did they not notice THAT many cops on the payroll? I think they enjoyed the money flow and turned a blind eye, which is why they need to be investigated too.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq however the reserves were put on the books in name. The Mayor and city council see every bit of who works, volunteers ect. He knew. They knew.
THIS IS REAL JOURNALISM, incredible job by the investigative journalists that brought this story to light and continue to cover it until too much pressure mounted on these elected officials. Outstanding work! Not a huge fan of those last statements by that official, saying that there's no need to continue and investigation seems extremely suspicious, and the fact that the police department got this point under their noses needs to be investigated as well.
The reason he made those statements is because he's setting up a coverup of the collusion and conspiracy between him & the city council, and the crooked police department. They not only allowed it, they implemented it so they could conduct highway robbery via the crooked police department robbing innocent travelers through bogus tickets. It was a money raising scheme, not a traffic control/safety scheme. Every one of them, the mayor, city council, police chief and his officers all need to be doing prison time over this.
How did the chief ever swing a budget for 50 officers in a town of only 250??? I don't think that investigation is anywhere near to being over! I bet there is ignorance and/or malfeasance on that town council that the townspeople would like to know about...
There weren't that many on the payroll exactly. They were hiring "un-hireable" cops with bad records as unpaid volunteers, which allowed them to work good paying security jobs elsewhere in the state due to their current law-enforcement status. What kickbacks the chief, mayor, and city council received for this arrangement is unknown....
Wow. This is the only kind of Police Defund that I approve. It’s OK to get rid of the Bad cops. Edit: I’m aware of this story before I even saw this vid. However the cops are getting away easy, These cops are all troublemakers, having all kinds legal issues and getting fired elsewhere. Some of These officers, maybe most, should be in jail themselves.
The mayor knew how many officers he had on payroll. He fired all of them because as he stated "there's no need to continue an investigation". Makes me think there is more then the police force of 50 officers policing a town of 250 people that needed investigating; that was just the beginning.
Criminal charges should be made by a 3rd party internal affairs office, if corruption and abuse of power , and Perverting the course of justice has happened then it should not be swept under the carpet 50 cops for a area that only needed 10 , with little ho no crime reduction something big was going on here and it wasn’t incompetents
You cant possibly convince me that the mayor and council didnt know exactly what this department was doing. They were complicit and are now trying to cover their own asses
lol there's no such thing as "investigative reporting" anymore. Reporters these days are biased and sensationalist, they'll twist and manipulate a story to meet the biases of their viewers. ...but the reporter in this video didn't do any investigating, she's just reporting what the independent investigator hired by the City Council found.
@lengxiong3061• this needs to happen more often with other crooked police departments. The way that cops flaunt their lack of caring about being sued for misconduct just says it all.
They need to be barred from having a police department when the sheriffs can handle anything they need. It’s a joke to have one and they likely only had one to write citations and keep certain people out of their ashtray of a town.
How about the judges that saw an increase in tickets processed through the courts and arrests? The local DMV? Theres a deep Rot that needs exposure. At that level I'd guess the whole town is corrupt. Where does it end?
They need to do this in every city town and state, times have changed, clean house and put in new law abiding people ,get these laws changed and hold everyone accountable, and start with civil rights, treat us with respect
No, this isnt a clean town firing their police force, this is a dirty town firing a police force that got out of control when they didn't get the bigger piece of the pie they wanted and went off and blew everything up with some dumb scheme forcing the corrupt city to fire their corrupt force for not following the master game plan/scam. The entire city leadership is corrupt and splitting up every penny of funding they get.
Many of those officers were "reserve officers"...carried on the books for no pay...didn't even live in the town.. which allowed them to work 250 miles away at an office tracking down people that owed money to the City, warrants etc.... because Coffee City allows reserve officers to have a second job....(which just happens to be their first job)... and that brings in money to Coffee City.
"....the former chief did not disclose that information on the job application..." Glad that city council did what needed to be done!!👏👏👏👏 BUT what happened to running a criminal background checks on ALL new hires?? Its part of policy that no one should be excluded or exempt! Every new hire including a police chief should go through!!!
2:00 you need to investigate those involved, weather their on the force or not to prevent them (the criminal ones) form getting a job with another department when their not worthy of wearing that badge. It don't go away because you fire them or the leave themselves
More citys need to do this, I know its not every station but there is a metric ton of corruption in the police force's all over this country. I've seen some departments Lie on OT sheets, lie on regular time sheets that they worked and didn't, take city contracts, work ghost job (like working security detail for private company during their police hours, and that's beside the very bad practice's while on duty. The good cops can't turn bad one's in for fear of retaliation. IA is a joke too. When a good cop does good work is level headed and reasonable with the people they need promotions. and credit when credit is due.
In a world where nobody can keep a secret, there’s no way they’re in a town of 250. Almost everyone wasn’t in on this… This is a huge criminal enterprise. Law enforcement officers involved in this deserve prison time.
Anytime an official says there's no need to keep investigating, you need to investigate twice as hard.
Amen
Kinda like the democrats saying 0 evidence for Biden's impeachment! 0 evidence ya ok. lol
@@ALISHISNOIUSlike conservatives say zero evidence for trumps impeachment! Zero! Ha!
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@@ALISHISNOIUSyou must be lost, the discussion is about this towns police force. Take that nonsense somewhere else.
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.
I do wonder how many were full time vs reserve. Reserve not always paid positions.
@@donreilly208 You a blue smirf???
@@robert1739 nope, just curious. A lot of reserves could show even more corruption by hooking his buddies up with police credentials, while not having any responsibilities.
they dont care because they were getting boosted revenue through fines and tickets
@@donreilly208...dude, it's 50 officers in a city of 250 people! That's one officer for every 5 residents. You don't need a reserve for a town like that and 10-15 is the most you should need. But this is exactly why city police budgets tend to be 60% of a city's tax revenue, because they keep adding as much as they can to keep increasing their budget.
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.
Corrupt police need prison, not unemployment compensation.
The entire city is corrupt and the various players started to not get along and this happened. The entire staff are just collecting all the various county, state, and federal funds they get for everything like any other city and splitting it up amongst themselves. The fallout happened because some people started demanding more money. The extra officers were just a scam by the chief to try to make more for himself when they wouldn't give him more.
@@jamesthomas478 The City Council and Manager wants you to believe they were not aware of the gambling going on right under their noses.
I thought they said that it was okay for the police to lie?
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DEATH
Entire council needs to be investigated. They all knew about and enabled these criminals
Yes, they knew.
Amen to that , they washed their hands
How do we the news station didn't withhold information? They should be investigated too
This is not russia. Not happening here.
The council got rid of them before internal affairs got involved
“There is no reason to continue investigating the police department”
“No need to further investigate” means an external investigation needs to occur
Or it means they did all they could
@@simplekid4328 simple kid with the simple logic. Abolish internal investigations.
@@tylerwortman dumb fuck on the internet who thinks he knows the truth because he's a dipshit conspiracy theorist. They got the sheriff and 50 other cops. R u stupid? Oh wait, it's all of the cops that are corrupt, isn't it?
They’re being investigated by the feds
No need to investigate because they've already been fired.
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!
That mayor didn't hire the Chief.
I men though, if the WHOLE town is "Corrupt" and it benefits the town,.... like if ever one is on the take, then best for outsiders to avoid? I dunno, bulldoze it and start from scratch?
The most outlying questions are, why TF does a town of 249 people, need 50 bloody cops??? And how TF the mayor didn't know it was all happening right under his nose?? It all stinks to high heaven. I know the population difference is huge compared to America, but here in Australia, I live in a small country town, population 1150, we have 2 cops, that's it. But, saying that, we don't have double the amount of guns to our population. America, population 250ish million, 400 million guns. Australia, population 25 million, 3.5 million guns.
@@eddiemcfadden4386 to be fair, I never said he did. But somebody with authority in Coffee City DID hire that chief. Managing a city involves numerous people that include accountants auditing revenue collected by the city police and human resource management screening potential employees. Not to mention the citizens of Coffee Citty had been continuously complaining. It is not possible for a mayor of a town with just 250 citizens to be unaware of what the police chief was doing.
@@Iamrightyouarewrong but it wasn't benefiting the town. The citizens were being harassed by on overzealous police department and paying hundreds in fines. People would avoid driving through the town which negatively affects small businesses in the community. And the salaries for these officers could have gone towards funding something the city actually needs. Corruption only benefits those conducting the crimes.
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.
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.
They know the lawsuits are coming and their trying to cover their collective asses.
Investigate through the state and FBI for good measure both the cops and the city council, including bank accounts.
They are in on the cover up
Trying to cover up their own crimes. They want to be seen like they are the good guys to avoid people digging.
They are probably splitting the fines they have been collecting. The IRS needs to investigate all of them.
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.
No police department can run without the approval of City Management. They want the investigation to end at the police department only to limit their involvement. They don't want people investigating them and how hands on they were.
The city benefited from this scheme. Their budgets and salaries obviously increased.
That said, I'm glad that this crooked police chief and his band of pirates are no longer terrorizing this town and the roads through it.
Well, at least the mayor looks a like a few days of sober in this interview! But maybehe just tired & puffy red face 🥵 from all the lights, camers & action Is happening in his one horse town.
More corruption in city council....doubt they want any deeper investigation because it could lead to themselves and the mayor as well
Sounds to me the mayor has some dirt, very strange.
Well said, hope the momentum doesn’t stop
The mayor should also be held accountable since he has control of the police.
All Coffee City politicians need their financial records thoroughly investigated. The entire situation smells.
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.
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.
It's everywhere on the globe. Everywhere. This is what police are.
They are so use to doing and getting away with it I’m straight afraid of cops because I know they get away with what they do
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Mayberrys EVERYWHERE
They need to mix up the police. Send the ones in the south to the north and the ones in the north to the south. New cultural education.
It's because the government we are under are bunch of cowards and let these f****** get away with anything. They need to be just like the president
Not so fast. Who's going to investigate the council for cooking up this money making scheme?
That Mayor had to be involved.
that's probably why he's saying there is no need to investigate.
duh
Pretty obvious.
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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.
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You nailed it
Been the victim of hands on with no investigation many times over
.Brother was a cop. Grandad undercover. Other brother lawyer Seen ugly side of the law many times. Mm. Meet a few good lawyers. Inspired me. And a few good cops. Mostly scumbag cops. Legal system a shame. Poor are automatically guilty.
250 residents, 50 cops? Wtf! Sounds like the mayor needs investigated!
It's rare for a news station to take this stance and investigate, for once I'm impressed. Just imagine of all news outlets did this everywhere, change would happen
The news in Baton Rouge is destroying our PD currently with investigations.
How about elected officials do their job? They KNEW exactly what was happening. They only did this to thwart deeper investigation into the rest of the town corruption. Listen to what the mayor said. There's now no need for further investigation.
What rock have you been living under? I have moved a lot during my life and there’s always a K(something) Channel News Investigates. You can Google TV News investigation or since you’re already here look for it on TH-cam. It’s not rare but commonplace and quite often change does take place. Where I live recently my local news investigated how parking meter tickets have risen drastically from years before. Turns out the meters weren’t giving the correct amount of time even though payment was made. That’s just my area.
I don't want zero cops, I just want accountability for their oathbreaking
They must've been cornered, like most rats.
It's good to see accountability being upheld, even if it took some time. Hope the town can move forward positively.
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.
Agreed. The mayor recruited that crooked cop and then justifies the hiring. That is until the poop hit the fan and the truth came out.
This may be a way for the town to select all new officers without getting sued by the entire force that was let go.
They can reapply but that doesn't mean that they will be hired.
It just says they can reapply. I can guarantee they won't get hired back.
Like I said in a devious post, just because they can reapply, doesn’t mean they will get rehired.
That’s more the reason to investigate!
The whole city needs to be investigated
The city only has 249 people 😂 so what you’re gonna investigate the community ? The residents?
idiot
The mayor is in on it get a cell ready for him
@@tasha3939 The mayor was in on the scam too, even the counsel had to know about the number of cops and the budget. But they benefited by the cut they got for the city, sure they all had their hands in the cookie jar some how.
@@tasha3939 there were 50 cops, Chief, city council, Judge, .all the records and court proceedings from their activities. Every bit of this needs an audit and investigation. The state needs to dive in.
So they will take the call. Who is gonna respond those said calls??
When they say, “there’s no need to further investigate “, there’s DEFINITELY a need to further investigate.
Yup, the mayor was definitely in on it.
That Mayor seems a little suspect IMO. How does the Mayor not know how many police are on the payroll? I smell BS.
The light of day needs to keep shining on the situation. If I lived there I would be watching closely and would be ready to get into it if need be. The mayor was well aware of this situation and bears watching closely also. He seems more concerned with keeping the folks in line. I can guarantee he is disappointed over the loss of ticket revenue. One thing that needs to be done is for the folks to get their cameras out and record all meetings and actions taken regarding this situation. The leadership needs to be well aware that they are under a microscope. Try to elect a DA that will actually prosecute law enforcement officers for committing crimes. (That's a tough one but can be done with enough pressure.) Considering what politicians will do to get re-elected we are foolish if we don't use that to make them behave and do their jobs. If we convince them that if they don't do their jobs properly we will find someone who will they will be much more interested in pleasing us who pay them.
Yeah, and also his paradoxical unwillingness to investigate the police department but willingness to re-hire the officers from the same force
Also no need for investigating the police any further was strange of him to say
When something doesn't seem right follow your gut it's usually not wrong
does a town of 250 people actually need a police force? our small town, pop. 2,300 only has the county sheriff deputies.
This is a win all around!! Thank you for the in-depth reporting🏋️♂️🏆. These poor performing Officers needed this kick in the butt ,they should see it as a reset opportunity to be and do better somewhere else. The community has relief from these neglegient bullies.
THIS is what ACTUAL journalism is for! Not protecting corrupt politicians and bureaucrats like mainstream media! REAL JOURNALISM is vital for society and acts like a disinfectant to disease.
Yes, real journalism via people who actually seek truth 🪶🕯️
Well spoken.....
You said it!
The first place I saw this story was msnbc a few weeks ago
The corrupt owns the media, that’s why they never investigate the TOP!
There can not be a way that the city council was not aware of what was going on. The city council should be prosecuted for abuse of power right along with the police force.
Didn't you hear the now sober Mayor? Now there's not any more reason for any of this investigation nonsense! Nothing to see here, NOPE, not anymore!! So y'all can go 'bout yer bidness now, we all good now, 'K?
he must of been to busy serving all of his 250 residence to notice
They had 50 officers for a town with 250 people? This is insane. The entire city staff needs to be turned out for this lunacy. That dept would need to issue more than a hundred tickets a day just to meet the payroll.
Most of them did not actually work there. They were listed as unpaid 'full-time' officers necessary to obtain high-paying security jobs near Houston. It was a scam...
It would take about $13,000 a day just to meet payroll. Traffic tickets rarely produce that much revenue especially for a tiny town like that.
I thought the same thing. The city I live in with a population of 80,000 would have 16,000 officers. It currently has 117 officers.
Most were carried on the books as reserve officers...
not paid by Coffee City but then able to apply for jobs miles away involving security as their real fulltime jobs.
It was a scam...
5100+ tickets last year, over a million dollars in fines.
“There’s no need to continue investigating “ 😂😂😂 …..keep investigating 🙌
Lol exactly. When the government says one thing, do the opposite.
@@ericandrews1661 government is not always to believe when u see something no good some ppl start talking of looking at .short while they where talking of soo many to small town that cititations giving soooo many of tickets to ppl .which town I live here is almost same you many law enforcement as I guess ambulance sometimes when u call them there not to find when u don't need them u see them
The nerves of them to say there's no need to continue investigating, means there's far more corruption to uncover, and they're shaking in there boots
@@ericandrews1661 I feel like all that money was going to fix everybody’s lake houses that’s on the council. Where is the money really going?
@Manuel-xm1on better question is who's going to investigate that? Themselves?
Great reporting! Keep up the great work
The mayor knew this stuff was going on. He should be held accountable.
The whole town must be braindead if they didn't notice 50 police officers for a town of 250.
@@PentaRaus I've watched a few interviews with local residents and they not only noticed, but were being harassed by those 50 officers. One resident spoke of being pulled over pretty much everyday for one BS reason or another.
It always comes down from the top. Governor -> Mayor -> Chief -> Lt -> Sgt -> Officer
he's a crook as well and threw the chief under the bus
Anytime someone says no need to investigate is definitely when you investigate
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.
The PD didn't do anything without the City Councils prior approval by Chartered Vote!
Yep, exactly.
Do you have a source?
Are the state attorney general going investigate the mayor and city council because they knew what was going on in the department
Why are you asking us here in utube land?
We got as much info out of it as you did.
Exactly, they’re rebranding by firing the force and pretending to be the good guys. Do mayors wear suits anymore? Roland schitts vibes.
Wow@@butterfinger1171, ever heard of a rhetorical question?
you haven't been following the news have you...the AG is Ken Paxton, he's on trial right now in the state Senate for corruption, bribes, stealing, etc., Texas doesn't have an AG right now. The DOJ needs to step in.
The Texas State Attorney General is in court, facing impeachment for ‘charges’. And he was removed from office.
So, he’s a mite busy.
The Coffee City PD has a well earned reputation of doing the wrong thing, over and over again. As for the Coffee City Mayor, saying that there is no need for further investigations of the police department personnel. The investigation must take place, in order to find how deep the corruption is rooted within Coffee City.
How on earth can a town of 250 hire 50 officers without even noticing the payroll requirements?
They were probably distracted by the millions in ticket revenue that they were figuring out how to frivolously spend or embezzle.
Hear no evil, see no evil, etc. "Gee, where did all this free money come from? What's that? 20% of the city's population are cops? How could any of us in the local government have known?!"
It wasn't that simple. They didn't have 50 extra cops salaries on payroll, read a whole telling of the story with all the details and not a cut down simplified news take.
Did you see how much money the police officers were brining into the city?
They weren't actually in the city, they were remote workers who were getting paid to call on outstanding warrants. But turns out that's illegal too because they only got paid for successful warrant recoveries (something like that) and weren't actually getting a base pay. Previous news stories lay it out much better, hope this helps.
Jaaaaaa itz a geeerman ssss tooown with checkpoint everi whare! Haha
I have a hard time believing the council just now found out about their police department’s shenanigans…..
They were in on it. Someone's gotta get thrown under the bus. "Fired" him for press reasons. 50 cops in a town of 250 is proof enough.
Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant that you like with all the goofy shi* on the walls....?
@@teerollings6919Shenanigans!!
This conduct and behavior by these “police officers” is horrifying to day the least.
I applaud the people.
Good vibes 🩵
How did the is mayor and or council not know what was going on?! I call bullshit. They need to be addressed as well!
They did, 100%. There's no way not to. Millions coming in in tickets and millions going out in payroll to 50 cops. Not knowing would be worse; You'd have to be MASSIVELY incompetent.
they knew. They were getting paid handsomely by their rouge tax collectors.
"There is no need to continue investigating the police department" sad moments after we hear "active duty can reapply"
NOPE. Clearly other things are going on! Keep digging!!!
Texans getting what Texans deserve.
I present the Slaver State of Texas
Don't worry winter will thin out their numbers again, happens every winter in third world countries.
when i started as a police officer in 1973 the general guideline for municipal police departments in the usa was one officer for every 1,000 in the resident population. how do they get 50 for 250?
@@davidkermes376 because a large portion of the "50" werent full time. They were warrant officers operating in a totally different county and not getting full time pay, but instead were getting $150 per warrant served.
Well it isnt fair to assume all officers on the force were bad. Also you cant prevent those who were bad from reapplying. The important part is that background checks be conducted and the city council sets standards that cant be ignored in regards to hiring. What they are doing is a step in the right direction by just stopping the entire department and then re organizing it.
Agreed. It seems the mayor quickly fired everyone, probably to keep people from digging any further on what was actually going on.
IMO the mayor and city counsel also need the boot. There is no way they didn't have at least some idea of what was going on and that they had 50 officers on payroll. They are presented with and have to approve the financials. Seems they have no problem throwing the police force under the bus to try and save themselves which is why a DEEP investigation is in order.
"No need to keep investigating the police dept" That doesn't sound suspicious said no one EVER.
Nothing to see here folks, no need to look any further.
When you are a servant to the public you must hold yourself to a higher standard than that of the average citizen. If you can’t do that, you have no place being an officer. Get rid of qualified immunity, and have lawsuits be paid out of pensions, not tax payers pockets. You don’t get to retire and live comfortably when you’ve failed society. Literally.
When pigs go feral, pay them in full.. in LEAD!
say it again.
@@andretokayuk8100just like ppl who don't comply fill em with lead
@@andretokayuk8100I suspect ur next on that list
@@lilphilosophy481 I suggest you choke down more cop d!ck, your favorite..
also, get a real job, government tapeworm..
your time is running out and quickly.
so the mayor going to act like he had no clue
The mayor and city council need to be investigated as well. How did they approve a budget for 50 officers with a population of 250 residents?
Where is the 🤑 money ????
Those Money Funders MFer's 👺
There is no way the mayor and other city officials didn't know what was going on and consented to it.
That's what I think too......
he must of been to busy serving all of his 250 residence to notice
City pop 250.
Cops in this mess: 50.
That is so ineffable.
The mayor, and council need to go. All new council, new mayor. No former officers should be hired back. A new force, with a cap on how many cops they can have.
Who would you want? A maga cultist mayor? Please
50 cops for 250 people. LA doesn't have that ratio guaranteed.
Hey @@svenskaz3428, that would be WAY better than some woke Marxist Leftist Bolshevik Witch as Mayor!
@@HI-PSI found the magatard, your orange dummy will be jailed
way better than a drag queen@@svenskaz3428
What about the mayor he should have been fired aswell
Ok, so you took care of the PD. Now we need to get to the bottom of why their budget was approved to hire 50 officers in a town of 249 residents.
Hired mercenaries or drug cartel or both
249 people in this town and 50 police officers? Something's very wrong about that in itself.
About time they clean up the crooked cops.
This case shows that we need a national database of law enforcement officers, listing all charges and disciplinary actions.
Time to end the practice of firing a cop for cause, nothing the next department can find, so the bad cops just get passed around.
If any individual is in law enforcement, everything about them should be on public record and/or displayed at the local PD. Any officer should be able to be sued, both through department and personally. Any crime they commit, should have a penalty 10x worse than what a citizen should receive. Including a death penalty, for simply lying about an arrest they've falsely made, and are lying about.
😂😂😂😂there is one that's were this guy found them
You know your Pres Biden ordered that last year on his Bill, right? Where is it?!
Can you imagine if cop city is built, what bureaucratic nightmares will occur to find info regarding bad cops and conspiracies?
Most European police forces already have a national database of police personnel. So this level of criminal corruption can be detected and prevented.
The US should have one, but the police unions would object no doubt!
Next goes the Mayor and Town Council.
Thank you, Mayor!
It’s sad that it took this long to do what’s right. That police force has been running around doing shady things for years and now you got caught with your hands in the cookie jar and you’re sorry. The whole city council needs to be removed as well
They still haven't done what's right. And they won't do what's right because the right thing to do would give all of them a speedy trial, line them up, and have their brothers in blue execute justice in the form of 5.56.
@@mynamesjudgeOk Rambo
I posit the residents like the speed trap revenue more than they dislike the minor inconvenience of slowing down for a minute on their way in or out of town, and it's only the bad press of enabling bad cops that they want gone.
No need for continuing the investigation?!!!!
What shady things? They were left out of this video. All that was mentioned in this story was the police chief having failed to disclose a prior misdemeanor arrest on his job application.
The city council knew. The town needs to call for their impeachment. It's not just the cops who are corrupt, it's the politicians too. This journalist needs to dig into the city council and their connections to this.
As far as the mayor goes he doesn't know what's going on either he needs to be replaced or he's covering something up said there's no need for further investigation course there is we need to see what they did he legally and somebody needs to be charged
Just shows that they think their community is dumb and gullible enough to believe them after saying that there's no need for an investigation and these bad officers can re-apply.
Just imagine if the chief never got caught?? 🤔
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4
Matthew 6:5-8
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4 which Jesus, the light haired one with blue eyes from the middle east or another one?
The community isn't dumb -- the community is COMPLICIT. They know there's a speed trap, so they don't get caught in it; the janky officers' side gigs aren't in town so they're unaffected. The community wants that extra revenue.
@@AtomicBuffalo you sound dumb
@@AtomicBuffalo I said "THEY think their community is dumb"
You can also be dumb and complicit or be dumb by being complicit.
Indeed the community would like the extra revenue but this story uncovered more than that.
That manicured mayor and whatever constitutes as a city council in that little podunk town just felt the heat from their scam being exposed is all. Unincorporate the town and let county handle traffic enforcement.
you sound like a bitter old man. are you jealous he HAS hair to take care.
Good idea!
How can my town do what these folks did I live in nw Missouri
So, the Mayor sacks the entire Police Force meaning "there is no further need to continue the investigation" so nobody looks into why the chief was allowed to recruit 50 officers, who authorised it, who approved the budget, where did the money come from and where did it go.
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You ask the right questions to get meaningful answers.
They want to avoid questioning because of the hidden money flow the investigations would expose. That's taxpayers money they're STEALING! Now how many bogus tickets were processed by the local courts? The courts had to know somethings fishy by the sheer volume of tickets.
That makes every arrest suspicious. How many was done under false pretenses under the color of law? The corruption is complete.
Back the blue until it happens to you
How was this even allowed to happen in the first place? a shocker
That mayor doesn’t want the state snooping around and finding all his corruption 😂
Very troubling the way in which dishonest or incompetent police officers are able to bum around from department to department with no adequate oversight.
It's hard to find domestic terrorist who will treat their fellow man with complete disregard, so when the government finally identifies it's good little jack-boots, it does everything within it's means to keep that proven traitor working to extort all of us for their paychecks.
It's simple- none of them do any productive labor. Police, politicians, government workers- they're all leeching off of those of us who work, so again, anyone willing to be their extortionist is going to get protection from the system. The hierarchy cares about keeping the -grift- hierarchy going, not the satisfaction of those it's oppressing.
Police union is one of the most powerful unions in this country.
Coffee City needs to demand the state revoke their Peace Officers Licence or they will be bad cops somewhere else.
Make no mistake, suffer no illusion, the same is done with doctors & nurses. They just change locations and start over.
@@spencers4121for anyone who wonders why police unions are the most powerful union by leaps and bounds;
Unions exist as a means for the working class to stand up against the massive political and economic power of the ruling class, collective action is the only way
Police on the other hand are literally the tools of the ruling class. The possibility of a work slow down for them gives much more leverage in negotiations than the possibility of a bridge or the movies shutting down, or kids missing a few days of school
Oh please they have their jobs and bonuses already lined up else where. Escaping justice as always
lmao "there is no need to continue investigating the police department". sounds very sus. also incredibly sus mayor, and entire city council. how did they magically not know that 20% of their population was on police payroll?
Many of those officers were "reserve officers"...carried on the books for no pay...didn't even live in the town..
which allowed them to work 250 miles away at an office tracking down people that owed money to the City, warrants etc....
because Coffee City allows reserve officers to have a second job....(which just happens to be their first job)...
and that brings in money to Coffee City.
So sus. How did they not notice THAT many cops on the payroll? I think they enjoyed the money flow and turned a blind eye, which is why they need to be investigated too.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq however the reserves were put on the books in name. The Mayor and city council see every bit of who works, volunteers ect. He knew. They knew.
THIS IS REAL JOURNALISM, incredible job by the investigative journalists that brought this story to light and continue to cover it until too much pressure mounted on these elected officials. Outstanding work!
Not a huge fan of those last statements by that official, saying that there's no need to continue and investigation seems extremely suspicious, and the fact that the police department got this point under their noses needs to be investigated as well.
The reason he made those statements is because he's setting up a coverup of the collusion and conspiracy between him & the city council, and the crooked police department. They not only allowed it, they implemented it so they could conduct highway robbery via the crooked police department robbing innocent travelers through bogus tickets. It was a money raising scheme, not a traffic control/safety scheme. Every one of them, the mayor, city council, police chief and his officers all need to be doing prison time over this.
You are right. The rest of the corrupt bunch can go else where to become police officers, and that's scary!
That is because the city council and mayor is involved.
Just like a church city doesn't care if officer's did anything wrong just disperse them into other communities
A police chief that lied? No way! Unbelievable 😂
Definitely a lot more going on than the chief’s omission of a dui on his record!
How did the chief ever swing a budget for 50 officers in a town of only 250??? I don't think that investigation is anywhere near to being over! I bet there is ignorance and/or malfeasance on that town council that the townspeople would like to know about...
There weren't that many on the payroll exactly. They were hiring "un-hireable" cops with bad records as unpaid volunteers, which allowed them to work good paying security jobs elsewhere in the state due to their current law-enforcement status. What kickbacks the chief, mayor, and city council received for this arrangement is unknown....
This news station are heroes. They brought attention to corruption. Much love 💚
I still want to know why the chief still hasn't been arrested and held for extradition to Florida yet. Thin blue line maybe?
This needs to happen ALL OVER THE NATION!!
I tnik all of the officers throughout the country should actually walk off the job.
Wow. This is the only kind of Police Defund that I approve.
It’s OK to get rid of the Bad cops.
Edit: I’m aware of this story before I even saw this vid.
However the cops are getting away easy,
These cops are all troublemakers, having all kinds legal issues and getting fired elsewhere.
Some of These officers, maybe most, should be in jail themselves.
He was nothing more than a gang leader on the city's dime.
The mayor knew how many officers he had on payroll. He fired all of them because as he stated "there's no need to continue an investigation". Makes me think there is more then the police force of 50 officers policing a town of 250 people that needed investigating; that was just the beginning.
Criminal charges should be made by a 3rd party internal affairs office, if corruption and abuse of power , and Perverting the course of justice has happened then it should not be swept under the carpet 50 cops for a area that only needed 10 , with little ho no crime reduction something big was going on here and it wasn’t incompetents
You cant possibly convince me that the mayor and council didnt know exactly what this department was doing. They were complicit and are now trying to cover their own asses
this is why investigative reporters are so important. Keeping police and politicians honest.
lol there's no such thing as "investigative reporting" anymore. Reporters these days are biased and sensationalist, they'll twist and manipulate a story to meet the biases of their viewers.
...but the reporter in this video didn't do any investigating, she's just reporting what the independent investigator hired by the City Council found.
Omg, this is ridiculous... too. Many cops for a little town 😮
@lengxiong3061• this needs to happen more often with other crooked police departments. The way that cops flaunt their lack of caring about being sued for misconduct just says it all.
@@madmaximilian5783 madmax... that's right ✅️ 👍👍
They need to be barred from having a police department when the sheriffs can handle anything they need. It’s a joke to have one and they likely only had one to write citations and keep certain people out of their ashtray of a town.
Time for prison
Hmm, 20% of the town is police officers, yet the mayor is signing checks paying for then. Somebody needs to investigate the mayor it sounds like.
How about the judges that saw an increase in tickets processed through the courts and arrests? The local DMV? Theres a deep Rot that needs exposure. At that level I'd guess the whole town is corrupt. Where does it end?
They need to do this in every city town and state, times have changed, clean house and put in new law abiding people ,get these laws changed and hold everyone accountable, and start with civil rights, treat us with respect
No, this isnt a clean town firing their police force, this is a dirty town firing a police force that got out of control when they didn't get the bigger piece of the pie they wanted and went off and blew everything up with some dumb scheme forcing the corrupt city to fire their corrupt force for not following the master game plan/scam. The entire city leadership is corrupt and splitting up every penny of funding they get.
❤❤❤❤EVERY CITY AND STATE THAT PART THE SAME WITH JUDGES AND COURT…
That Mayor and council must be voted out of office.
Finally a news team that actually cares and puts the work in
i read most of the officers come from other forces who had complaints against them or thrown out of them
Many of those officers were "reserve officers"...carried on the books for no pay...didn't even live in the town..
which allowed them to work 250 miles away at an office tracking down people that owed money to the City, warrants etc....
because Coffee City allows reserve officers to have a second job....(which just happens to be their first job)...
and that brings in money to Coffee City.
This is not the only small town Brady List Rejects and having a cheat lying chief, takes the cake!
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq They were piece workers on private security for hirer with access to vehicles and who knows what else, not peace officers.
Dirty cops will always be dirty.
FBI needs to do something useful and throw these corrupt cops in prison. That's what the FBI was started for was investigating other cops.
"....the former chief did not disclose that information on the job application..."
Glad that city council did what needed to be done!!👏👏👏👏 BUT what happened to running a criminal background checks on ALL new hires?? Its part of policy that no one should be excluded or exempt! Every new hire including a police chief should go through!!!
I wonder if the ex chief will put on his next job application form that he was fired............................or will he just forget to mention it.
This needs to be done national wide
Hallelujah!
2:00 you need to investigate those involved, weather their on the force or not to prevent them (the criminal ones) form getting a job with another department when their not worthy of wearing that badge. It don't go away because you fire them or the leave themselves
Whether weathering the wether that withers or not....
How did the city council not know what was going on? I find it very hard to believe they didn't know. They should all be fired as well.
More citys need to do this, I know its not every station but there is a metric ton of corruption in the police force's all over this country. I've seen some departments Lie on OT sheets, lie on regular time sheets that they worked and didn't, take city contracts, work ghost job (like working security detail for private company during their police hours, and that's beside the very bad practice's while on duty. The good cops can't turn bad one's in for fear of retaliation. IA is a joke too. When a good cop does good work is level headed and reasonable with the people they need promotions. and credit when credit is due.
The entire town leadership is corrupt, they are just firing him and his weird force because he wasn't following their game plan.
In a world where nobody can keep a secret, there’s no way they’re in a town of 250. Almost everyone wasn’t in on this… This is a huge criminal enterprise. Law enforcement officers involved in this deserve prison time.
Involved in the chief leaving a prior arrest off his application? Who else would have been involved in that?
I grew up in a town of 256 people and I can guarantee you there are no secrets in a town that small.
I’m from the area and you’re all too right. Armenian mafia has been running that area for a minute
With 50 police men that’s way too many
@@borrago I appreciate your pedantic and mean-spirited reply. Thank you for tearing yourself away from Newsmax to weigh in.