Posted on 01/02/2015 5:56:22 PM PST by Morgana
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Law enforcement officers across our area are being warned to watch out after a patrol car was sabotaged and two officers were shot at in two separate incidents.
On this busy New Year's Eve, personal safety has been emphasized as much as public safety.
The Harris County Precinct 7 Constable's Office confirmed one of its cars was sabotaged. The attack was on a sergeant's take-home marked unit. He noticed a warning light and when he took it in for repair, a county technician discovered someone had intentionally cut the car's anti-lock braking system. Left undetected in an emergency, it could have been disastrous. An investigation is underway.
Additionally, a Harris County Sheriff's Office sergeant believes he was shot at. That officer was working his second job at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center when he heard a gunshot in the parking lot outside the emergency room. We're told when he went to check it out, he saw a man fire two more shots out of a SUV toward his patrol unit.
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“He noticed a warning light and when he took it in for repair, a county technician discovered someone had intentionally cut the car’s anti-lock braking system.”
I find it hard to believe that anyone who knows how to disable a car’s anti-lock braking system wouldn’t also be aware that doing so would trigger a warning light, thus undermining the whole idea of sabotage.
I believe the wire was cut; I suspect that the wire cutter may not necessarily be a nefarious criminal targeting the police.
Disabling anti-lock brakes is common.
Braking performance in severe conditions is better without them, as long as you’re not on ice.
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“Disabling anti-lock brakes is common.”
Not really.
“Braking performance in severe conditions is better without them, as long as you’re not on ice.”
LOL!
>> “ aided and abetted by organized radical groups.” <<
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http://www.revcom.us (Communist Party, USA)
They printed all of the signs for all of the recent “protests,” their web link is at the bottom of every one of them.
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You’re stepping into something you know nothing about.
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“You’re stepping into something you know nothing about.”
You know not what I know.
You showed what little you know with the comment you posted.
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You showed what little you know with the comment you posted.
Enjoy your game!
What also surprises me is the timeline—it would seem that the officer took the car to a government-employed mechanic on a *paid holiday*, when typically all “non-essential” personnel have the day off.
I think much of this is a made-up story.
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