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EPPD: It’s Time For Change

We ask you, Chief Pacillas, when do you actually start giving a damn, really do your job, and weed out the corrupt individuals who refuse to do any actual police work? Or, is your reluctance to act proof that you would also have to remove yourself from the job for being the same caliber of officer that gives the department a bad name? Have you done any real police work, Chief Pacillas, in the last ten years? Or have you sat upon your arse and collected a check, quivering with fear you may actually have to do something other than add your name to meaningless emails written by others?

EPPD: An Internal Battle

I want to take a moment to comment on Sergeant Camp, what the department has chosen to do, and the track they have placed themselves on. I am a long-time veteran of the El Paso Police Department and am ashamed of what the department is becoming. 

Welcome to the Modern-Day Keystone Cops

“They’ve suspended Camp,” an officer with the El Paso Police Department discloses. “The only guy who’s been tirelessly looking out for us, and they’ve abruptly removed him.” This sudden absence of Sgt. Camp, a key figure in our community, leaves a void that many are concerned about.

A Comment From Another Article

The Jerusalem Press is fully back on Tuesday. However, we want to share some developments with you. 

The following is a comment that was sent to us.

25-Hour Rule & Cops Allows Death on I-10

In 2018, Chief Allen said, “We don’t write a blanket policy because of the one-time or three-time event and all of a sudden try to change the dynamics of how the department works.” This was what he left reporters with after every media outlet was writing about the massive amount of overtime officers were doing and the accidents and deaths lack of sleep caused.

Something Is Rotten in EPPD

Over the last two days, we have received almost fifty (50) emails from officers within the El Paso Police Department. These emails show the department’s deteriorating morale. They also speak to a larger problem that neither EPPD nor the City of El Paso plans to correct.

Transparency: Not Really

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EPPD Chief Admits Staffing Concerns

“I want to give you this screenshot of what the chief has sent to all of us. It is really only empty words coming from someone who really doesn’t listen to us. We say we need something, like shields, and he buys us batons. The chief is a hypocrite and this shows you are starting to get to him.”  

Officers Losing Confidence

This morning, our inboxes were filled with emails from Officers with the El Paso Police Department. Concerns about a rogue Lieutenant and the use of patrol cars for TxDot and DHS jobs are the concerns of the day.

EPPD & Eddens: Police Not at Fault

When Officers do a good job, we should support them in the case of Eddes, who died while in custody of EPPD, the Police are not at fault.