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Month: April 2024

Police Did Not Respond to All Calls

“Think of it as a busy corner that needs a traffic light, or a stop sign,” wrote Mr. Escobar. “You can petition the City Council all you want for a safety device to be installed, but nothing will happen until someone is killed. The El Paso Police Department is administered by a rogue element. No one in this city—City Council, Texas Rangers, even the citizens of the city will care until someone dies from lack of a police presence.”

Rape and Stalking: the EPPD Saga Continues

Slow-moving justice for Police Officers who commit criminal acts seems to be the norm in El Paso.

Arrested, Repayment, Back to Work

The El Paso Police Department arrested Ron Martin, the former president of the El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association, on a misapplication of fiduciary property charge on January 5, 2023. They then dropped charges in exchange for repayment of monies.

El Paso Police Department IS NOT in Compliance

Brady list is a list compiled usually by a prosecutor’s office or a police department containing the names and details of law enforcement officers who have sustained incidents of untruthfulness, criminal convictions, candor issues, or some other type of issue that has placed their credibility into question.

EPPD Creates New Training Directive With Fake Effective Date

“I’m going to retire,” said one officer who contacted us today. “They are trying to hem up a good officer because he did the job of someone else. And if we go back and rewrite a report to change dates, we would be in trouble. The chief and the people at the Academy can do what they damn well please with no concern. The changed the date on the body camera memo.”

Threats Led to Death at Hands of Police Sergeant

“I felt like they lied to me cause they told me there was an altercation when they went to my house and told me that my son was killed because there was an altercation, there was no altercation, the cop didn’t even give him a chance.”

Sex Offenders Captured by Customs and Border Protection

It was a busy weekend for Customs and Border Protection offices along the Texas Border. Both Laredo and Eagle Pass officers encountered and arrested suspects wanted for offenses involving crimes against children.

A Link, A Bricked Laptop

Every day, we hear about a new phishing scam, a new way to access personal information stored on our hard drives or cell phones.