KHOU 11's Jeremy Rogalski got a tip about the Coffee City Police Department. Here's what it led to.
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@davidserrano471610 ай бұрын
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.
@zyguit10 ай бұрын
Yea those bad eggs somehow tend to fall back into the container don't they ...
@DanOKC10 ай бұрын
End Immunity at all levels of government and One Set of Law for All.
@OddWoz10 ай бұрын
Definitely. It’s just too much common sense though.
@badomen59badlands6410 ай бұрын
They tried to establish a database like the one you're talking about. It got buried in the House, or the senate.
@kmbrly10110 ай бұрын
I agree 100%. Law enforcement is one of the three top careers that domestic abusers go into. That means there are too many who are there for the power of it. We need to have a registry to keep track of them all.
@keithfagan542410 ай бұрын
This is what journalism should be, not political beliefs or right vs left.
@allthingsgood265310 ай бұрын
This was somebody with a lot of money who they pissed off big time!!! Wish the media could be this honest all the time!!!
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
While this is good journalism, they have left a lot of people of the hook. They were quick to disband the department to stop the bleeding
@Usernotfound3123110 ай бұрын
How cute that you want to insist politics aren’t a factor when the city council used the cops to extort their electorate. Sure bud. Nothing political about that.
@Grigsy10 ай бұрын
most journalism is. the reality is people don't like it when it goes against political/dogmatic narratives (on both left and right).
@memback10 ай бұрын
I cant agree more!
@kidjoe229 ай бұрын
That mayor is shady AF!
@toughsun2704Күн бұрын
Yeah that mayor was absolutely lying about what he knew and didn't know
@user-ty5oi4yc9p9 ай бұрын
There is no way the mayor and council were not aware of what is going on in such a small town!
@paulmeredith45155 ай бұрын
They were in on it. One of the many bs speed trap bs towns that give Tix to people who don't even live there, just passing thru
@cappiece37864 ай бұрын
Money
@carltonwalton98193 ай бұрын
Good ole boys. Band of brothers. Yeah. I could go on.
@bobsheehan6872 ай бұрын
They knew
@rustyhighlander7862 ай бұрын
More than knew, they were part of it.
@davidowens142410 ай бұрын
This is why investigative journalism is so critically important.
@terhgasabeha955210 ай бұрын
That's the reason George Santa got elected.
@yournamehere479010 ай бұрын
Exactly. The killing of American journalism of the mid 2000s and on has had far reaching impacts and one of them is accountability of public officials. The killing of American journalism was a watershed moment in history. It arose from corporations buying newspapers, news stations, and such. They targeted and dismantled investigative journalism and any other apparatus that was holding them accountable.
@pamsing301210 ай бұрын
That why that was stopped a long time ago. Money talks and reporters listen or loose jobs. Can't imagine how this happened. Somebody slipped
@tringuyen751910 ай бұрын
@@pamsing3012Someone slipped up? Like the Mayor of Coffee City who hired this guy & defended him for years? $1 million in city tax revenues is enough to look the other way!
@_Mr.Youtube10 ай бұрын
Imagine if the police chief an mayor refused to answer questions and call them fake news.
@UnKlePennybagz10 ай бұрын
Imagine being arrested by a police officer, who themselves has an active warrant.
@Nikkinoonie10 ай бұрын
That’s scary , you are so CORRECT ‼️
@user-qm2li8zx2d10 ай бұрын
That's fkd up. I once had a landlord who was on crack. That was one of the most bizarre two years of my life.
@stephaniemanchester-chermo384010 ай бұрын
@@user-qm2li8zx2d. Big difference between a landlord and a police officer. 😂 You’d fit right in over at the Coffee City police station! 😅
@carissab39710 ай бұрын
@@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840they’re both not real jobs
@drjonesey510 ай бұрын
I mean, that sounds fe'd up but until they are arrested themselves they still have to do their job right? So like if they have an Active warrant are they not suppose to chase down the guy that just robbed you if you ask them for assistance and it happens to be a a-hole cop? Many bad cops actually do parts of their job, they're just bad and we don't know until they're exposed, then there are a-hole cops whom are just all around bad and don't do their job at all. Your parents or guardians were hypocrites at times raising you, did you say "uh uh guys, you guys lied before, no punishment for me alright, better luck next incident".
@howardlucas3 ай бұрын
249 people 50 cops and it needed an informer to highlight this . Absolute and disgrace to the justice system .
@WilliamBell-zu5ll3 ай бұрын
Federal law should mandate that any cop who has criminal charges pending their certification is suspended. Found guilty their certification is the first to go.
@sundromos945610 ай бұрын
How does a mayor and city council not question why it takes 50 officers to police a village of 250 folks. Patently absurd. Ludicrous.
@williamdean394010 ай бұрын
Maybe we will find out if some of the aggressive officers spill the beans, unless they are paid off
@patiencestevens121910 ай бұрын
Thank you. This was my question as well. Maybe the money they were bringing in harassing the citizens outweighed the need to investigate. The mayor & council needs to be investigated as well.
@Hope4490310 ай бұрын
The Mayor and city council officials should be investigated...Why didn't he know of what was going on in his town?!..🤦🏾
@elizabeth105010 ай бұрын
How could Mayor Blackstone act like he's not aware of the numerous police cars and officers in his town? The people who live there certainly were aware. I believe that the mayor and others were in on this money-making traffic ticket racket. My parents lived in a small town of 2,500. They have two police officers. For over 50 years, just two officers were needed. I agree with the commenters here about that this is what journalism should be.
@griffin226310 ай бұрын
the rot runs deep
@lobozero367910 ай бұрын
This man singlehandedly destroyed a whole corrupt police department in a calm demeanor with pure facts
@markhirstwood419010 ай бұрын
It doesn't take much. The cops are a criminal gang that use the same tricks everywhere. If you can think more than 1 to 2 steps ahead, and you have the truth, you can easily expose them as the sadistic thugs they are.
@davidadausuel453710 ай бұрын
You took the words right out of my mouth. It only took (one ) person to do the right thing for their small town, kudos to that person, kudos indeed.
@MTknitter2210 ай бұрын
Portillo a huge liar as well as a bad cop. Good journalism so the people of Texas could see him lie and spin.
@triamaria10 ай бұрын
@@davidadausuel4537It gets way worse, they need to investigate the Maui Police Chief and his officers who blocked people trying to flee the Lahaina fire!! investigate the Maui Police Chief and his officers who blocked people trying to flee the Lahaina fire!!
@GhazDakkaDaKrumpa10 ай бұрын
This guys a legend
@ronbeaubien9 ай бұрын
An excellent investigation by local journalists. More people should see this.
@garymorris59749 ай бұрын
This takes defund the police to a whole new level.
@MojoMountainMan10 ай бұрын
It's interesting how "ignorance of the law is no excuse" except if you're a police officer
@DCell196110 ай бұрын
Or a Supreme Court judge.
@nh687010 ай бұрын
It’s not even ignorance but deliberate hiring to consolidate his own power!
@americalivent71110 ай бұрын
This is a perfect example of why good journalists are so important. Excellent job.
@CatherineSTodd10 ай бұрын
Best comment yet!
@LoneVocalist10 ай бұрын
They police the police
@freedomforall23610 ай бұрын
I sent this to The RCMP in 🇨🇦
@paalexsamaklyne104010 ай бұрын
Journalists too take bribes. The power of money from the devil's that very few people can resist. Puji Tuhan! Praise God 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@rayabercrombie623910 ай бұрын
@@paalexsamaklyne1040you said god.. Lol. Santa Claus is great too then!? Smh... How can an adult be so dumb to believe in something sooo impossible n makes zero sense!? Victims...
@nonya89665 ай бұрын
Wow! An actual REAL not FAKE news chanell with REAL investigatory journalist.
@TiNRiBКүн бұрын
The only thing that makes it real, is the truth. That is why you have the first amendment.
@rogeh56876 ай бұрын
Local journalism isn’t a huge money maker but it deserves to be propped up when you get results like these. We can never let it die. Great investigation.
@craighellberg436610 ай бұрын
No way the city council and the mayor did not know that this was going on. They should all be removed as well.
@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq10 ай бұрын
The officers in that department didn't fund themselves. follow the money.
@jalenwhite682010 ай бұрын
I'm from the area Tyler I didn't even know they had a town hall I thought it was a community
@MrSchwach10 ай бұрын
Over a million dollars in traffic fines in one year, in a town that small. Yeah, they knew something was going on. Right now, they are trying to cover their own butts. I agree, remove them to.
@thequixoticangler336410 ай бұрын
Money printer goes Brrrrrr. A million dollars a year. It was a "printing press" PD. The town absolutely knew it was happening. The money made questions stop. It's frightening to think what could've happened. They could've literally taken that entire town hostage if they felt the need. khou just saved 250 people in all likelihood.
@dionroberson677210 ай бұрын
Wow
@dcw490610 ай бұрын
This is an example of great journalism. Thank you for exposing these dirty, corrupt cops.
@cubey10 ай бұрын
ACAB
@walkingdeadman420810 ай бұрын
He stole his story from other channels. Ive seen videos of this for about a week now
@gzone11ify10 ай бұрын
don't think so. look back at all the footage it belongs to khou11@@walkingdeadman4208
@heatman67810 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍
@lyledeporiss593710 ай бұрын
@@FreedomStrike76 and you're being taught that and you constantly give yourself confirmation bias
@fredman19563 ай бұрын
The mayor's toupee was too tight. Great job, we need more journalists like you on the job.
@sunriseboy48374 ай бұрын
Jeremy Rogalski is one of the best interigator/interviewers I've ever seen. He never batted an eyelid interviewing that cop. And it is obvious by the wash-up, of this sordid business, that he is an indefatigable worker. Well done, JR!
@Gdupfromthefeetup10 ай бұрын
This garbage police officer was hired with an active warrant! Absolutely insane!
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
He said it was disposed off..But immediately after the interview, retained a lawyer to fight the ticket
@AlbertoGonzalez..10 ай бұрын
🐖
@bammrz409910 ай бұрын
@@AlbertoGonzalez..amen brother
@jmfia239110 ай бұрын
Wow. You can make this up. I keep telling people, the real crooks are in blue! They are sworn crooks.
@cubey10 ай бұрын
Welcome to police state USA
@mie7310 ай бұрын
This reporter should be nominated for a journalism award. Actual journalism that resulted in actual civic change?? That is unheard of these days. Bravo!!
@timebot00010 ай бұрын
Just like OMGs James O'Keefe!😊
@willreasoner447210 ай бұрын
In what way is this not a gang.. they’re going around shaking down people for money and paying themselves enormous salaries.. how is this not a gang
@chedahmob663610 ай бұрын
@@willreasoner4472who said it wasn’t what are you talking about who are you even talking to weirdo
@rustyshackleford663710 ай бұрын
@@willreasoner4472the cop needs to get cheese jammed through his nostrils
@Meg-my3un10 ай бұрын
100%!
@detumaki9 ай бұрын
This is true journalism. You guys are amazing
@grobertson20089 ай бұрын
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.
@travisbishop48402 ай бұрын
LOL. Right. You're just another cog in the wheel of corruption that's plaguing this nation.
@babygirl08062 ай бұрын
@gronertson2008 I definitely agree with you. How the mayor & council person didn’t know what was going on in their city. A Shame!
@davea881410 ай бұрын
We want the mayor and city council investigated!
@user-wf4hy4ub7p10 ай бұрын
What needs investigating is why a village of 250 people NEEDS a mayor or a city (???) council. How can the village afford to pay for all that hot air ?. I can envisage a time in the future when the village has become a ghost town, yet still has a mayor, and a swarm of law upholders chasing non corporial residents for traffic violations.
@shookfng10 ай бұрын
They were elected after the chief was hired.
@WitnessingTyranny10 ай бұрын
@@shookfngThey should have known then.
@darktimesatrockymountainhi404610 ай бұрын
No investigation necessary. Mayors & city council members are elected. Residents who don’t like the way their town is run can simply elect the next non-incumbent in every one of these positions. Get the right people in there, run it your way, then blame yourself if it fails to improve. Problem solved without an investigation.
@michaelleitner124510 ай бұрын
@@user-wf4hy4ub7p 🤣
@TaylorShockey10 ай бұрын
This is EXACTLY why a free press is so important: it holds those in power accountable to the public.
@thetruthisoutthere859810 ай бұрын
They should investigate our government .
@letsomethingshine10 ай бұрын
They should investigate Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. Oh wait. A free press is certainly not free, it is own by oligarchs. A truly free press would be a mix that includes a REAL public press accountable to voting citizens directly, and any private press a rich person wants to buy for parasitism off of consumer-types.
@Ojja7810 ай бұрын
And why certain people are constantly telling you not to believe anything the media says.
@Ojja7810 ай бұрын
@@thetruthisoutthere8598 They just did. Are you watching this video? That's what this is.
@thetruthisoutthere859810 ай бұрын
@@Ojja78 sorry, I was meaning federal but didn't put that in there
@manuelllamas56999 ай бұрын
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.
@firestarter105G9 ай бұрын
You must be a narcissist to be a cop.
@romuluslives27074 ай бұрын
I grew up in a small town of about 500, and we had 1 full time and 1 part-time cop. This place had 50 plus corrupt cops. Smh, good journalism at work
@blueokie10 ай бұрын
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 $$$ in traffic fines to mostly out of town people passing through, by issuing speed trap tickets and then hounding them for payment like lone sharks. This whole city needs to be investigated.
@worldbfree4u10 ай бұрын
💯 !!!!
@NoFear6926210 ай бұрын
This is what I’ve been saying- sounds like the who city government is culpable. Follow the money.
@jimmyglen10 ай бұрын
Not counting all the money being made working private “police” $$$$ You know some cash was sent back up to the “bosses”
@hu_b10 ай бұрын
I figured traffic fines were the cash cow that motivated this arrangement. Probably most of the town's budget came from that source so like you say how could the mayor be unaware. Amazing it didn't occur to this reporter to question how this small town could afford to pay so many cops.
@PK-xj5ml10 ай бұрын
Over 1million however since coffee city is a transit through place alot are from out of town or even state. Which is why most of the 50 cops are"performance driven" that don't live in that city and work remotely a few days a week part-time and are paid for each one they close out and collect on. Pretty shitty and completely corrupt. I don't think the city is bringing in that full amount but you would be pretty hands off to not notice what's happening from a books/budget perspective.
@imoseetruth198010 ай бұрын
Never thought I’d see the day an entire department was dismantled due to alleged corruption. Sets a great and new precedent. Great job.
@jimmiehouse773610 ай бұрын
this was not a police department ,this was a hide out for criminal with long rap sheets, bobbing the tac payer
@temporarybackup507710 ай бұрын
Theatrics
@Lorkenzo-llama10 ай бұрын
The days of the "good ol boys" network are coming to an end.
@carissab39710 ай бұрын
@@jimmiehouse7736that’s what a police department is
@X3AmySarah10 ай бұрын
Same thing should have happened with Uvalde
@JB-nu4oy4 ай бұрын
Damn I'm so invested in this. Great reporting
@jewelhinton-warren59602 ай бұрын
The Mayor should resign because he allowed this to happen on his watch !!
@WaltWW10 ай бұрын
Don’t stop with the police chief. The Mayor and city council members knew what was going on and should be investigated for where all that money was going.
@anarchyamp10 ай бұрын
Yup
@loudtim26510 ай бұрын
Indeed. There is no way they didn’t know. No way.
@Crowhillgal10 ай бұрын
There are so many of these corrupt PDs in this country. It's a well-known fact that cops get fired and just go to another county or state and get rehired. Good ol' boys network.
@caseyjude547210 ай бұрын
The Top Cop in the state is corrupt AF too, so, yeah, it doesn’t stop with the local police chief. In fact, it doesn’t stop at all.
@jayclink482610 ай бұрын
Right... Following the money always exposes the truth.
@ettazay508810 ай бұрын
This is why local news needs more support. Local news is vital to the communities they serve.
@seanswinton624210 ай бұрын
True, but the problem is local news (television, radio, and newspapers) are underfunded or owned by political leaning entities. Sinclair Broadcasting is a right wing company that owns probably the most. They broadcast shows by Ted Cruz, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and others. We saw the numbers of bad officers from January 6 and hear bad stories all of the time. Their union needs to go as well as qualified immunity. That's what allows bad cops to relocate and continue bad behavior. Thank God for RIng cameras and cell phones, but we've all seen crimes by cops and politicians still go unpunished. Bad cops must be locked up and banned period!
@loiscurry102010 ай бұрын
Not in South Carolina,dirty cops and judges, prosecutors,we are at the mercy of these POS.
@drjonesey510 ай бұрын
Local tend to be less bias and foolish than National or main stream big ones because they aren't elitist-like reporters or more directly in contact with the top of the news folk whom have narratives. Local news sometimes go rouge too lol we have the stories of news reporters revealing stuff locally on the day they quit and air it. If we're being honest, KZfaqrs are filling the gap of what Journalist use to be to society. Not random KZfaqrs, but dedicated ones that research and tell us the news unfiltered regardless of politics.
@veryslyfox10 ай бұрын
@@drjonesey5Not true. Local media is biased and easily influenced by their need to do their jobs, so they throw softball questions during interviews. An example is sports journalism. Local reporters won't ask tough questions to athletes and coaches because they know if the coach becomes annoyed, they won't grant an interview in the future. The reporter won't have a job anymore. OTOH, national reporters aren't influenced by this.
@thatsme4710 ай бұрын
ONLY WHEN THEY SPEW THE TRUTH.
@NPCHSN7 ай бұрын
It’s so nice to see journalism return to our country. Thank you.
@a.m.m.45927 ай бұрын
Thank you for real journalism!
@WorkingProgress1710 ай бұрын
That's not a police department; it's organized crime. Those citizens have every right to do something about it.
@Kentucky8110 ай бұрын
Most of those citizens (The white ones) in Texas? Oh they def support this
@borkingborker55679 ай бұрын
All police are just state-sanctioned gangs. Most of them are corrupt, and the same thing that happened here needs to happen all over this country. Abolition Reform is required. Disband them and then recreate a new law enforcement from scratch. The Germans didn’t reform the Gestapo after WWII, they abolished and replaced it.
@notaspy12279 ай бұрын
Lol Police Departments are Organized crime organizations.
@Jmonkeh9 ай бұрын
And then you realize that EVERY police department is organized crime..
@CS-pi5oc9 ай бұрын
Yes, it an organized crime syndicate. It’s despicable and criminal.
@perfectomprg10 ай бұрын
It’s impossible that the city council was unaware of this. They’re taking swift action to cover their own asses.
@KelmutHool10 ай бұрын
they definitely benefitted from all the revenue that was generated by overpolicing the town.
@BxCortez205010 ай бұрын
Money wad comming in from all them tickets
@b69mach110 ай бұрын
@@BxCortez2050the million dollars in ticket spread between the 50 cops is only 20k per. There salary has to be way more than that. So it has to be a loss.
@Chulitatr10 ай бұрын
They were scamming funds from the gov't and funneled it into their bank accounts. Cops were getting paid $50-$100 K per year. It's a/k/a kleptocracy.
@paulpeterson521410 ай бұрын
-----They were loving all that sweet ticket money. Now investigate the court that enforced the tickets and the city council (past and present) that created this mess in the first place.
@weneedreform-usa3 ай бұрын
Amazing Job! God bless all the hard work you do for our country. When everyone is scared of Law Enforcement, you stood up and practice justice against those that suppress us. God Bless your organization.
@kevmo1990Ай бұрын
Congratulations to Mr. Rogowski, KHOU-11, investigative reporting! You embody the best traditions and ideals of the Constitutional Right for a Free Press that informs We the People and holds government accountable.
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
imagine this guy is more credible in the eyes of the court than your honorable citizen.
@houseoflattimore10 ай бұрын
But, of course! And it’s not organized crime! Thank goodness! Lol.
@bezerbezer556710 ай бұрын
Im not sure how anyone can believe a cop without great evidence. Too many cops on videos lying. Cops are the biggest liars on earth.
@byroncrump443110 ай бұрын
Nice ❤
@georgegarvey733810 ай бұрын
That's an EXTREMELY scary thought.
@chasstiles761110 ай бұрын
Disgusting isn't it
@Trisa810 ай бұрын
This investigation deserves an award, to go viral and should be the absolute standard in journalism. Bravo for serving the people of America, small towns to big towns. This police chief and mayor should be charged and be in jail if not prison.
@shawnsteele18345 ай бұрын
Great investigative journalism!
@hitechdavid4 ай бұрын
Ive watched hundreds of your videos. This was the best one yet. That Karen of a Sargent was of the chain
@ecotts10 ай бұрын
It's actually really interesting when journalists do their job properly.
@X3AmySarah10 ай бұрын
Yeah, we could use A LOT more of that in this country. Especially with politicians.
@8thhousealchemist60010 ай бұрын
Nobody believes the Mayor was truly unaware. You can't hide the payroll for christ sakes 😂
@vickieellis68767 ай бұрын
Thankyou for exposing it!!
@adrianaguirre70069 ай бұрын
When a man is digging his own grave, don't fight him for the shovel.
@GhostDrummer10 ай бұрын
The mayor and city council needs to be investigated too. The PD was bringing in $1M+ in ticket revenue. There’s no way the mayor and counsel didn’t know what was going on. And now that the PD was shut down, the mayor is claiming there’s no need to investigate further.
@kandykane35529 ай бұрын
That's what i said as i was watching this. He knew they all knew.
@burakoshimazaki9 ай бұрын
That's at least 4,000 usd a year per person in fines. How is that affordable? Or is that from other towns/jobs?
@duchess56me-tf7fx9 ай бұрын
They definitely need to investigate further.
@madsdee78039 ай бұрын
I agree with you. Especially when someone in the force filed a complaint with the council about him and they told them to shut up pretty much. They all need to be stood down since they were profiting from that.
@braxtonkapels22419 ай бұрын
@@burakoshimazakidefinitely people just passing through. 5 miles over the speed limit? Fine
@tammysmom110 ай бұрын
It is so scary that he was able to put that all in place without anyone questioning him 😮
@Rhapbus110 ай бұрын
its texas, the majority of the town will fellate the officers if asked.
@mflint4110 ай бұрын
He didn't. They made a million dollars in traffic tickets and had 50 cops in a town of 250. The mayor and the city council knew what was going on. They might not have set it up, but they benefitted from it and kept their mouths closed when it seemed fishy.
@ctaylor231110 ай бұрын
Sounds like centerville ga They have more cops than stop signs..ugh
@mani726310 ай бұрын
I'd be looking into the Mayor
@corporalcuddles3 ай бұрын
So happy there are still real reporters that get results.
@lucygrace11938 ай бұрын
The mayor needs to be suspended, & investigated, for defending that chief in that email, & also should be looked into, along with the city council, for hiring that chief without doing their due diligence, & also for allowing all those hires without doing their due diligence! They knew there were far too many officers for that small town & did & said nothing!
@cdecola10 ай бұрын
This happens all over the US. They just shuffle the bad cops around to different precincts after they mess up in one place.
@ToolofSociety10 ай бұрын
Yup I've seen it myself. A town cop got kicked off the force because of his terrible behaviour and within days he was hired by the county police department...
@cynthiajones468910 ай бұрын
You're Absolutely Correct 👍
@Nikkinoonie10 ай бұрын
Wow ‼️
@relsba10 ай бұрын
Bad priests, pastors, youth councilors, teachers, youth case workers,etc. That’s how the Vegas cop got hired in Maui.
@loiscurry102010 ай бұрын
Yep,just like they do pedophile priests, just ship them to another Parrish or precient.disgusting.all.
@croach219410 ай бұрын
How on earth would they pay 50 officers from the taxes of 250 people. This is the kind of investigative reporting we all need. Congrats KHOU 11.
@gNOme_59 ай бұрын
Did you miss the part where they were writing over a million dollars in tickets in just one year? That's not even including tax money and other streams of revenue that they undoubtedly have. Hell, if the city is already this corrupt, the odds that they have unethical and even illegal streams of revenue coming in are pretty high. It's disturbing and despicable, to say the least! Not to mention, it's also one of the reasons many of those officers were moonlighting by doing other odd jobs outside of their main law enforcement duties. They weren't all full-time law enforcement officers. Welcome to the U.S.A., though, right? 🇺🇲
@napoleonbonerfart2789 ай бұрын
@@gNOme_5they probably had huge swat team toys to cruise around in too.
@gNOme_59 ай бұрын
@@napoleonbonerfart278 No doubt! 🙄
@jvcyt2989 ай бұрын
@@gNOme_5; The thing with the tickets is what I like to call a self-perpetuating money-making scheme. You see that a lot with toll roads and border crossings. They keep taking money, but they never maintain the infrastructure.
@abnmp78659 ай бұрын
Most weren’t paid by the city. This was a front for security in Houston. I’m sure the Chief was paid to make sure there was security there.
@marigolddevera69329 ай бұрын
Thank you to the one who gave the tip and to the investigator!!!!!! I guess citizens suffered for years with all those criminals wearing those uniforms!!!!!!!
@harryhughes2104 күн бұрын
Well done. Good reminder between what journalism should be, and not what mainstream media is...
@chrisv.noire.638810 ай бұрын
I'm so happy to see investigative journalism is still alive in some sectors with no fear nor favor.
@Doc_-_Savage_110 ай бұрын
TO be fair, there is a Houston link here, and an interdepartmental squabble. Why should Houston help out these shitbird pigs, and the shitbird pigs ran their mouths a little too much. I'm fairly certain the 'tips' came from the district of the slighted Constable, who is himself a shitbird pig.
@tycamtyson10 ай бұрын
I love that post❤
@pollymcdonald736810 ай бұрын
That’s because it wasn’t Harris County. Come on.
@TheRedStateBlue10 ай бұрын
Every journalist in America wants to do stories just like this. Blame corporate owned media.
@Coffeepanda29410 ай бұрын
For real.
@moltenmetal564510 ай бұрын
I find it hard to believe the mayor and city counsel had no idea they had a 50 person police force and what was going on in the department. It's a real small town, in a small town EVERYONE knows everything going on. I have lived in tiny towns my entire life and it's always the case.
@davyboy939710 ай бұрын
Yep, mayor and city council are in on it. Probably embezzling money from it too. Time to clean house
@shawnr77110 ай бұрын
The city council is probably mad they were not getting a cut of the money.
@dand397510 ай бұрын
I wonder if the Mayor is former Law enforcement Officer with a "disabled" L.E.O. retirement paycheck & collecting Social security disability benefits also....
@TheCharleseye10 ай бұрын
@@shawnr771It's pretty funny that you think the city council wasn't getting a cut. They chose the police chief and were aware of all of his hirings, as well as their activity. This was a top-down case of corruption. The mayor and the city council are letting the chief take the fall, hoping that nobody uncovers their part in all of this.
@afrokorean10 ай бұрын
I was having the same thoughts.
@patrickgragg5602Ай бұрын
HI, JEREMY, THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK!
@Zola_64 ай бұрын
Great Journalism and even better this is on KZfaq , I don’t even reside in the US and I get to see this
@steelydan14610 ай бұрын
Incompetent & unprofessional law enforcement are as much a danger to the community as any common felonious thug!
@loridean17710 ай бұрын
True, this is how you get fabricated stories, crime scene tampering, drugs planted on suspects etc. with an end result of wrongful conviction and the person spending over 20yrs. in prison. Many cases need to be looked at with fresh eyes. Why should an innocent person languish in jail b/c of corrupt cops? I sure wouldn't want to. Plus it sounds like the u were handing out tickets and fines like tickets tacs😆
@southerncross8610 ай бұрын
Thesewere not just u professional, they were a legalized maffia
@Phlowermom10 ай бұрын
I think they're more dangerous. They can operate 'under color of authority', at least bad guys are aware of being busted by the cops. Who are cops afraid of?
@triamaria10 ай бұрын
@@loridean177It gets way worse, they need to investigate the Maui Police Chief and his officers who blocked people trying to flee the Lahaina fire!! investigate the Maui Police Chief and his officers who blocked people trying to flee the Lahaina fire!!
@eriggle8310 ай бұрын
More so. They have immunity.
@blutexas10 ай бұрын
As a seventh generation Texan, it is disgusting the level of good old boy corruption that thrives in the current mileau.
@Mobutusese10 ай бұрын
who knows it could be something inherited from the small group of anglo (and anglo indentured servants) petty criminals, carpet baggers, gamblers, and hustlers that infiltrated the land (when still legally owned by Mexico, earlier by Spain for 20 generations) and that through back stabbing, infiltrating, troublemaking behind the border lines, stealing corrientes, trespassing and squatting, etc achieved the goal of separating Tejas from its rightful owners (those that civilized, populated, fought and opened the land to Christianity and western civilization while mixing with its natives).
@lv6789010 ай бұрын
My family had been human for many generations and we don’t like corruption either.
@benedictcumberbatch427510 ай бұрын
Must be the deep southern culture still embedded in your area.
@StuartKlimek10 ай бұрын
@@benedictcumberbatch4275 What is the reason your own culture is twisted?
@wildershoney243910 ай бұрын
@benedictcumberbatch4275 do you think this doesn't happen everywhere? Because it's a problem in every state, with every police department. They don't police their own anywhere.
@Redgate4442 ай бұрын
I applaud your investigation skills and is amazing what you have uncovered and all this I am so happy to feel that there are people who actually support proper policing and I think you as a citizen of United States that you got to the bottom of this judiciary things are in place
@bocephusbirchcull40444 ай бұрын
We do not have to allow criminals to police us. Arm yourselves, citizens. These type of ‘people’ become VERY polite when faced with instant correction.
@nowherecam259210 ай бұрын
This reporting should be winning an Edward R. Murrow award. It is an example of real, unbiased journalism that makes a difference.
@__Tazzzo10 ай бұрын
100%
@AnnieAint10 ай бұрын
I agree ☝🏼
@markgray698210 ай бұрын
National Holiday,,,the MSM did something Good and Didnt Lie,,,,,,,First time since 1871
@bigmo1010 ай бұрын
Word
@paddyholly218410 ай бұрын
Typical Texas town where the citizen's are held hostage.
@rayLater9 ай бұрын
This guy brought down a whole police force. Best investigation story I heard in a while. Great work
@BaldVulture874 ай бұрын
Now this is journalism. Well done!
@freakboynv20006 ай бұрын
A rare case of a journalist doing something good and useful. Bravo
@Mosteiro905 ай бұрын
A common case of someone making stupid comments about journalism.
@daveg-Vancouver_Island10 ай бұрын
Anyone who’s got a ticket from that force should form a class action lawsuit against them!
@Batony10 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@X3AmySarah10 ай бұрын
Yep
@hermeticascetic10 ай бұрын
it would be them paying themselves...
@moviemania2310 ай бұрын
@hermeticascetic the stretch of road that the cops ticketed were people traveling through. The majority of the tickets went to out of towners
@CatherineSTodd10 ай бұрын
Yes, and get their million dollars back!
@Steph-uk9qh10 ай бұрын
I’ve lived in Tyler for 24 years and I grew up in Houston. I couldn’t be more proud of my hometown tv investigators for bringing this to light. Thank you.
@johnjames456710 ай бұрын
they didn't bring this story ....a citizen journalist did....
@mr.flowers848010 ай бұрын
@@johnjames4567who was it???
@drb653010 ай бұрын
@johnjames4567 that's exactly what I said. Lying cops lying politicians we can deal with,but lying news agencies can bing down the country .
@thomasbell703310 ай бұрын
@@johnjames4567 Thank you. I am a retired print journalist (originally from Houston). As I watched this fine piece of enterprise journalism, I wondered who really did the legwork, the real reporting. TV stations don't normally have the staff, the skills or the inclination to do this.
@revolutionday110 ай бұрын
Shoutout to The Toadies!
@pinhead13045 ай бұрын
Thats some real journalism, he has got some big balls. Well done.
@mjg154410 ай бұрын
Excellent. Now investigate the Mayor for approving 50 cops salaries and 50 cops worth of equipment, firearms, ammo, apparel, and vehicles.
@karinaz875610 ай бұрын
Remember- some lived in Houston and never set foot in the town.
@montygates876710 ай бұрын
Yet he had no idea. His financial records need checked
@Recovering_Californian10 ай бұрын
Mayor ought to resign too. Willful ignorance or complete incompetence ...which one is it? As the Mayor you ought to know what is going on with your own PD. I suspect that the Mayor (and city council) did know and let this go because of how lucrative the department was for their city budget.
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
Nooo sir.. Mayor met the chief there. Yes, he should have done more
@imacmill10 ай бұрын
Were all the traffic violations fabricated? If they were all valid, then it looks like good ol' Texans ain't so big on law and order. (We already know they're not)
@DanOKC10 ай бұрын
The Mayor and City Council seems to think you can NEVER have too many COPS or Loot they dump into the city coffers..
@rickdon600610 ай бұрын
I feel the mayor knows a lot more than he is leading to believe. He felt the heat and is now of the offense to not get tangled in the evil web!! But coffee county is alone. Many police dept behave this same way. They are the largest gang in the country.
@bouffant-girl10 ай бұрын
Iy is not easy to get into the blue gang. But once you are in , you are guaranteed a job for life! Unless you refuse to get vaccinated for Covid; that is.
@jessicawicker35827 ай бұрын
Yes Amen God is getting them🎉🎉🎉 Praise God. . Only God knows what has really been happening to communities😢😢😢 i stand totally sickened
@marcosmendoza2516Ай бұрын
Hats off for this investigation team! Well done.
@user-st1hy6ql3j10 ай бұрын
the "chief" doesn't have an original thought in his head. What needs to be investigated is who hired him. It took a news station to perform a background check on a criminal police chief that's had a warrant for almost a decade. When I applied for a nursing license as a student I was required to have an FBI background check before a license was ever issued to me, but this man in charge of public trust doesn't even get the minimum background check.
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
Some say you can't out the mouse to guard the cheese
@mistiemayfield574910 ай бұрын
Great point!!
@honda44310 ай бұрын
As far as who hired him, it was whomever the mayor was back in 2021. That means if it's not the current one, then it was his predecessor
@Rhaspun10 ай бұрын
Some good old boy networking going on here.
@Mister-Reno10 ай бұрын
Why are we so delusional to think this isn't happening in every town, city ,parish, county all over this country.
@stevenhiggins333110 ай бұрын
It does all over the the country
@roadtoofar10 ай бұрын
That's why we need more real journalists and citizens with cameras
@tatianagranger242710 ай бұрын
I’m not saying it’s not true, but most other police departments aren’t fully staffed and haven’t been for a long time. This is gross. This is wrong. Thanks for covering it.
@WokeOne7510 ай бұрын
Same reason people liked to pretend tht America has no racism. It forces peopel to ponder uncomfortable truths.
@Chulitatr10 ай бұрын
They were scamming funds from the gov't and funneled it into their bank accounts. Cops were getting paid $50-$100 K per year. It's a/k/a kleptocracy.
@StyleHimNow3 ай бұрын
Some quality investigation journalism right there. The mayor is suspicious as heck. Someone need to look into him too.
@amberknox58789 ай бұрын
Paid suspension!! R u freaking serious? They haven't said what's happening to all the people ticketed either. I would love to hear what they have to say about that.
@DonariaRegia10 ай бұрын
They hired a Florida fugitive. What ever happened to background checks? We civilians undergo them regularly before a hire. Excellent journalism KHOU! The residents of Coffee City can live a little easier now.
@madhatter900110 ай бұрын
Not for Cops though, they are part of the machine that keeps you enslaved to the matrix.
@mordakie380510 ай бұрын
It’s Texas
@JAM66110 ай бұрын
Still the fact he was arrested in FL should still show up when they do a background check. It sound like someone really dropped the ball and half their brains, because that arrest still should have showed up. He probably talked himself out it with his everyone deserve a second chance bs as his patrol officer arrested people because they cannot passed that road side sobriety test. What cops do not tell you the longer they have you do that eye thing, you eye tire and then start to spasm and twitch, which means you now failed. Have a weak leg that shake, you fail. You have knee surgery, have poor balance you fail. Basically 70% of sober people cannot pass the test, which is hugely subjective. You have blood shot eyes mean you must of used pot. In a state that pot is illegal and you used 7 days ago and a trace shows up you go to jail even though it maybe legal where you took week before. However the ability to effect your driving has long passed.. Pot stays in the fats cell for a real long time and take much longer to clear for a urine test then a blood test. Basically it take nothing for a cop to arrested you for a DUI. I saw one man who blew 0.0 and did a lot better then I ever would on a roadside test and the cop arrested him anyway. Meanwhile if you are asked to do one road side sobriety test have every medical problem like had concussion, hip surgery, knee issue, balance problem, tell them every problem you ever had. Also them because of ortho and other medical problem have, you want a test for someone who is disabled. This is a much easier test because it is more of counting backwards and touching your thumb with you finger thing. Also if they do that eye test for 30 second say out loud while you cops does this " you know when the eyes tire by being in this stress position like this test does it actually cause spasm movement in the eyes" . Now you just put tons of doubt in the whole process.
@RoCK3rAD10 ай бұрын
Cops are civilians
@firemanflorence10 ай бұрын
Imagine being the Mayor of a town with 50 police officers and not "fully understanding" where all the money you were paying them was going.... the mayor needs to go along with that whole council
@briandfallon7410 ай бұрын
Plenty of towns have 50 officers. It’s that a town with only 250 residents has 50 officers…
@joeiborowski976310 ай бұрын
The "mayor" of 250 people. LOL. He is probably getting a cut of the traffic tickets for his pay. People in charge of HOAs have more responsibility and more people to answer to. 250 people don't have the tax base to support 50 cops and a mayor and a city council. Their money is made by traffic violations. And half of the "cops" don't get paid at all. Paid from collecting outstanding tickets with a commision and moonlighting as security. This chief will make a good mob member. He would be considered a good "earner" with this ingenious racket. Amazing what you can do if you just get a few people together and incorporate yourself as a "town" in America. Legalize extortion under the guise of "policing". I wonder why the mob haven't thought of this.
@kenbob107110 ай бұрын
There's a lot more dirt to dig up. The reporter should keep digging.
@RevTox10 ай бұрын
The guy seemed to have innovative ways of making money for the town. They might have even been good, considering the investigative reporting didn't seem to find cases of actual misconduct by the Coffee City police . . . yet.
@lilcourtny0810 ай бұрын
@@RevToxbootlicker spotted
@rebeccafreelin75155 ай бұрын
50 cops in a town 250? This is outrageous! I am familiar with a town of 1200 with 6 cops which runs just fine. Investigate the city council, they had to know this corruption was happening.
@mprto686 ай бұрын
Real journalism like this is rare these days
@tanner985110 ай бұрын
Absolute textbook investigative journalism. Thank you for your service Jeremy, you not only saved unnecessary stress from the victims but also potentially saved lives.
@thoraz99710 ай бұрын
Yeah...but if the Chief's name was Trump, half of the people in the country would say this was FAKE news.
@whatsyourdream10 ай бұрын
I am thankful for the bad people of all professions to be removed. There are good and bad in all needed professions. I do wish the good police would be more proactive in the community against the scourge that is gangs. Houston is being over run with violent thugs.
@whiskeykilmer186610 ай бұрын
@@whatsyourdream Yes, the gangs in blue.
@benedictcumberbatch427510 ай бұрын
Both
@user-ou5rs7wm8r10 ай бұрын
@@whiskeykilmer1866if you want to see a gang and blue give me your address
@teetimewisdom909 ай бұрын
I’m so relieved that investigative journalism is still alive and well ❤
@crystalde6619 ай бұрын
Amen🙌🏾🙌🏾
@christinewimer55237 күн бұрын
Didn't the Mayor and City Council realize that many police for such a small community was fishy...I think they should be investigated too.
@stephen81769 ай бұрын
Too bad we don't see real journalism like this more often from MSM.
@luvondarox10 ай бұрын
There's absolutely no way the Council and Mayor weren't aware of this. They all need to be replaced.
@mightymouse10059 ай бұрын
Looks more like a crime syndicate than police department
@mightymouse10059 ай бұрын
A town of 250 people, everyone knows everything.
@minminr37639 ай бұрын
I agree. Clearly the citizens have felt 'over-policed' for some time. You would think that there would have been a few calls made to the mayor's office on the matter.
@masonfarleyproductions9 ай бұрын
They were fired I live near there
@jackw330210 ай бұрын
Now THIS is journalism. Great work. No bias, just facts.
@joshuahenning21189 ай бұрын
Of course this story was covered by other journalists first but hey maybe this journalist will admit he borrowed the story right
@lanzi79129 ай бұрын
@@joshuahenning2118 You're incredibly unintelligent Joshua, it's the same story by the same people, when old people use the internet:
@WasabiGamu9 ай бұрын
I instantly got that vibe @jackw3302 😅 but I'm wondering if this dudes life is in danger cus if there's these types of organized crimes, you know this guy might end up looking over his shoulder 🤔 😅
@stevewalker20288 ай бұрын
Superb journalism, thank you.
@ericneely98029 ай бұрын
Wow. Corruption breeding Corruption. Im not saying police should be disbanded. But this city did a good deed by getting rid of this corrupt agency
@victorvarela14809 ай бұрын
How can the Mayor and his office not know what was going on?! I'm calling BS!
@donaldwilliams90305 ай бұрын
couldnt have happened without higher ups in state police
@Julesong10 ай бұрын
The mayor and city council need to be investigated, as well. And a police department investigating itself - even with a new police chief - is just asking for more corruption. The county rep, Lance Gooden, is suspect, as well.
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
They don't need a police department. and they certianly don't need 24/7 coverage
@jmfia239110 ай бұрын
Houston should cover that area. This is insane
@gwenking770010 ай бұрын
Yeah I can't hardly see how an active warrant gets past a background check 😂😂😂
@chaseteter10 ай бұрын
@@jmfia2391What should Houston do exactly? I am really intrigued.
@imbalancedstatus882410 ай бұрын
@@jmfia2391 They have disbanded the Police Department. And live seems to be going on fine in that city of 249 people
@unixfool5 ай бұрын
I'm actually surprised the chief (or now ex-chief) didn't start playing bad cop with the investigative reporter.
@user-wt4lx7wz6w4 ай бұрын
I grew up in a town with a population of just about a thousand people. We had one sheriff and one deputy. That was more than enough to (keep the peace) the official title of police officers. There were no requirements for them to make any quotas or revenue for the township. Just keep the peace!
@lisaforsythe532510 ай бұрын
There is nothing worse than a crooked cop or cops, in this case. Love when justice is served.
@gNOme_59 ай бұрын
Crooked politicians, too!
@jerrycooper73009 ай бұрын
What abut a crooked President?
@user-qw3qr8ng4k9 ай бұрын
@@jerrycooper7300you mean like Joe?
@notaspy12279 ай бұрын
All cops are crooked.
@notaspy12279 ай бұрын
@@user-qw3qr8ng4kno he was talking about Trumps Criminal Orange Arse.
@elle-vk4js10 ай бұрын
This is why local journalism is so important. We all need to support local coverage and local print, because they take the time to look into issues that effect our neighbourhoods and uncover what larger news coverage cannot focus on. Fantastic work to the team of journalists who thoroughly and responsibly investigated this!
@Jayblazey9 ай бұрын
Thays exactly why this video needs more views and likes. So does your comment 👍
@dashuntas.m40459 ай бұрын
The corporatization of Journalism has been one of the most damaging but still overlooked issues affecting citizens and their relationship to government and civil servants
@chrisv.noire.63888 ай бұрын
And this is why legacy media is trying to buyout all local journalism. To stop this type of important work on behalf of their corporate sponsors.
@TheSpongiform7 ай бұрын
Jokes on you, this is a corporate owned channel too. It's owned by Tegna, which is based out of Tyson's Corner (just outside of DC). But at least it's not Sinclair.
@CadyCadwell7 ай бұрын
i supported 1st amandement auditor but this city is so dangerous, their entire department already violated their oath, what makes you think the auditor not gonna get shoot on the site with bodycam turned off???
@jans409 ай бұрын
I'm glad their doing something now,also investigate all surrounding small towns ,all offices not just police dept. and check security companies too, especially the ones owned by people out of the state or country
@carlo73904 ай бұрын
5500 tickets for 250 people? Thats hilarious 😂 The truth is you did a great job exposing the corruption
@kindredmalise663310 ай бұрын
The mayor is in on it. You can't be that inept and not notice that.