Posted on 08/05/2014 12:08:55 AM PDT by blueplum
FALFURRIAS, TX -- A pickup truck driver ignored lights and sirens and accelerated to nearly 100 miles an hour, turning simple traffic into something else recently in Brooks County.
Chief Daniel Walden alerted dispatchers as he pushed down on the gas pedal to catch the pickup driver.
"Dispatchers let me know they got a call of a vehicle matching the description dropped off a load of undocumented right in that area that we were at," Walden said as the chase neared the county line....Five minutes later, they emerged from the brush, the driver in handcuffs.
According to officials, that was just another typical day in Brooks County.
What isn't typical is the deputy making the arrest, Chief Walden. Walden is a school district police officer in Donna, Texas, nearly 80 miles away.
"It's something I took a personal interest in," said Walden. "We're law enforcement. We're not immigration. But we're human beings and we care about someone's life."
... Walden, along with more than a dozen other peace officers from across the state, donate their time and their badges to help Brooks County tackle its immigration crisis.
"You take a county the size of Rhode Island and you put one deputy out there by himself, what are you going to do?" said Walden. "We are a brotherhood in law enforcement, which means when an officer needs help, we'll help them."
Following the traffic stop, it turned out the driver was undocumented, the truck wasn't his, and he was vague about his travel plans.
The driver will be charged with felony evasion.
Walden named his group the Border Brotherhood, and in less than 3 months, Brooks County 911 response times have improved, along with the survival rates for the undocumented migrants.
(Excerpt) Read more at kens5.com ...
“dropped off a load of undocumented”
…cut the PC sh**. They’re illegals.
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