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Month: September 2024

Lt Rodriguez and Road Rage

A lot of us have been late for work. We’ve sped, cut corners, and tried to find every way humanly…

CBP officers seize $503K in cocaine at Pharr International Bridge

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Pharr International Bridge this weekend seized more than…

Holding EPPD Accountable, Maybe

16 September 2024, Steven Zimmerman, El Paso, Texas – What follows is a series of Freedom of Information Act requests…

REPOSTED: Failures Abound, Dispatch Drops the Ball, People Die, We Don’t Care

We are all human and subject to mistakes. In October 2022, several calls for Fire Medical Services (FMS) after a hold was cleared by officers on the scene may have contributed to the death of a subject who was shot in the stomach. 

Remedial Economics 101: Living Beyond Your Means.

Editors Note: An officer with the El Paso Police Department has submitted the following. We will be looking into the names this officer mentions and will continue our crusade against the gouging of tax-payer dollars by criminals with badges.

Google Fi Support: A Joke

12 September 2024, New Mexico, Steven Zimmerman – Time to discuss Google and Google Fi. What is Google Fi? Google…

Stiofán: Poet and Artist

11 September 2024, David Gomez, Las Cruces, NM – Have you heard of Stiofán? Stiofán is an Irish poet, artist,…

Officer Richard ‘Dolphin Boy’ Ortega

10 September 2024, El Paso, Texas, George Allsopp – Many are angry and frustrated with the local constabulary in El…

Readers Write

From the Editor: We are publishing the following just as we received it. If you would like to voice your…

Will Rogers: A Man of and for the People.

The following is from Pass it On and The Foundation for a Better Life: Will Rogers wrote: “I never met…