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Fort Worth Officer Accused Of Smoking Pot On Duty
CBS 11 / TXA21 ^ | April 28, 2010 | Sana Syed

Posted on 04/28/2010 1:08:46 PM PDT by Texican72

FORT WORTH (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― Fort Worth police Officer Wesley Lamb is accused of smoking marijuana while on duty and in uniform.

Chief Jeff Halstead announced the arrest at a news conference Wednesday morning.

34-year-old Wesley Lamb was arrested Wednesday morning following a tip from a Fort Worth resident. He's accused of using and possessing marijuana while on duty.

Halstead announced the arrest to a group of new police recruits Wednesday morning. He made it clear that this behavior will not be tolerated. Halstead also told the rookies that he has created a special team of investigators to look into criminal mischief in the department.

This is not the first time recently that a Fort Worth officer has been in trouble. Officer Michael Buchanan is accused of crashing his pickup into a house while drunk last week.

Halstead also said he will soon start a top-down restructuring of the department to tackle internal problems such as this.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; biggestgangintown; codeofsilence; cultureofcorruption; donutwatch; dopersrights; dow; drugwar; napl
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It's a tough week for Ft. Worth cops...
1 posted on 04/28/2010 1:08:47 PM PDT by Texican72
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its done all the time...


2 posted on 04/28/2010 1:09:46 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Texican72

Does this mean he has to kick in his own door and shoot his own dog?


3 posted on 04/28/2010 1:11:18 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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Does this mean he has to kick in his own door and shoot his own dog?

ROFLOL!

LOLOLOLOLOL!!

Now THAT was funny!

4 posted on 04/28/2010 1:11:57 PM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: Texican72

At Mari Gras I had a cop in uniform ask me for some weed. He had a cup of beer in his hand and was somewhat lit. I could not believe it. I looked him over and said, “Dude, you can’t fool me. I think you are a cop!”

He just laughed and went off to ask someone else for weed.


5 posted on 04/28/2010 1:12:27 PM PDT by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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To: Texican72

Police departments across this country have started to turn a blind eye to past drug convictions when they seek to fill their shortage of officers.


6 posted on 04/28/2010 1:12:57 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: Texican72

oh, I hope COPS was taping in Ft. Worth again this week...


7 posted on 04/28/2010 1:13:01 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Texican72
Halstead also told the rookies that he has created a special team of investigators to look into criminal mischief in the department.

How about a "random" pee test for ALL officers at every rank, tonight?

8 posted on 04/28/2010 1:13:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: Texican72

Let’s not rush to judgement here...

...it MIGHT have been medical marijuana.

;-)


9 posted on 04/28/2010 1:15:21 PM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Texican72

Ohhh, so bad.

It not like he was a muslim, taking about jihad and killing 14 people.

/s


10 posted on 04/28/2010 1:15:43 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: dalebert

Yep. Happens everyday with judges, lawyers, probation officers, prison guards, county commissioners, mayors and congressman, senators and probably the POTUS. But they all have an obvious interest in keeping the war on some drugs going. All those listed above do it on and/or off duty and if they don’t, they know someone close to them who does. But they don’t care as long as the gravy train keeps a rolling along.

Please, no lectures about the cop breaking the law and deserving to be beheaded.


11 posted on 04/28/2010 1:16:29 PM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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Some cowboys need to take these dopers down to the stockyards and beat some sense into them.


12 posted on 04/28/2010 1:20:23 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: subterfuge

LOL I sure wont lecture..


13 posted on 04/28/2010 1:21:04 PM PDT by dalebert
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You were saying ...

...it MIGHT have been medical marijuana.

Ummmm..., they don't have enough Marxist/Liberal/Leftist potheads in Texas yet to pull that "legislative stunt" off yet... doncha know... :-)

14 posted on 04/28/2010 1:21:14 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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You were saying ...

Please, no lectures about the cop breaking the law and deserving to be beheaded.

Well, all those you listed deserve that, if that's what they're doing... and I'm sure the Marxist/Liberal/Leftists are all for the ganja, too... :-)

15 posted on 04/28/2010 1:23:02 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Frantzie
You were saying ...

Some cowboys need to take these dopers down to the stockyards and beat some sense into them.

I'd say so! Either beat them silly and beat some sense into them, or else, beat their brains out -- if you can find any brains in the Marxist/Liberal/Leftist "ganja crowd" ... :-)

16 posted on 04/28/2010 1:24:26 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

LOL! Sorry I was overboard a bit. Ft Worth is supposedly conservative but Texas Christian Univ is supposedly a lib h*llhole in FW.

I thought Dallas was sissified. What is wrong with FW?


17 posted on 04/28/2010 1:26:34 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: TruthConquers
You were saying ...

It not like he was a muslim, taking about jihad and killing 14 people.

The one does something different than the other -- but they both end up in the same hellhole cesspool in the end ... LOL ...

18 posted on 04/28/2010 1:26:40 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Frantzie

Hey... I wasn’t kidding... they should do that to the dopers... :-)


19 posted on 04/28/2010 1:27:41 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Texican72

Wow, is HE lucky. IF it had been a Marlboro he would REEEEELY have been in trouble!!


20 posted on 04/28/2010 1:27:47 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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