Posted on 02/19/2019 4:41:57 PM PST by bgill
The deaths of Dennis and Rhogena Tuttle as part of a disastrous no-knock warrant has brought on one major policy shift at the Houston Police Department. "I'm 99.9 percent sure I'm not going to be using it," Chief Art Acevedo said. "If there's a specific case, it would have to come through my office." The chief made the announcement during a loud community town hall Monday night, pointing out the reasoning behind no-knock raids, to prevent suspects from flushing drugs down the toilet, just doesn't make sense. "If the amount of dope somebody has is so little, someone is going to flush it, you don't have much of a case to start with," Acevedo said. "And if they're so dangerous, why not wait until they come out of the house?"...Acevedo also says he wants to increase the use of bodycams among undercover officers, though that is policy that's been in development for several months.
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The friends and family of Dennis and Rhogena Tuttle are sadly not able to share this news with the deceased couple.
“And if they’re so dangerous, why not wait until they come out of the house?”
3 needless deaths too late f___head.
The impediment to cleaning up law enforcement is that when an officer is found guilty of misconduct, the tax payers and not the officer are on the hook for any costs. The officer may lose their job, but the tax payer foots the bill.
So what can we do to fix this situation? Well as my old First Sergeant used to say; “Don’t complain unless you have a solution to the problem.” Well here is my idea.
Any and all monetary damages awarded to a plaintiff as a result of the actions of law enforcement officers, are to ONLY come from the offending departments or organizations pension fund.
Only when it hits home personally by weakening every officers retirement, will the good ones begin to turn in the bad ones. In time, department psychologists and training officers will do a better job of weeding out the nut jobs. Senior staff will do a better job of triple checking addresses before conducting a “no-knock” late night call to a suspect’s home. Officers will advise their partners that a course of action is not advised, rather than just going along.
And once this has happened, law enforcement might begin to gain some of the mountain of trust and respect that they have lost in past few years.
hope so. there will almost certainly be more dead officers (a tragic but obvious outcome)...if they try that kind of mindless kraptrick hereabouts
This case has many parallels with the Jussie Smollett case. The initial story of the corrupt Houston cops painted themselves as righteous and heroic. As more came out they were exposed as neither righteous nor heroic.
https://abc13.com/hpd-chief-recalls-struggle-that-left-suspects-dead-officers-shot/5110369/
He knows his department is gonna get its ass sued off.
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any police chief that sends (or lets) his officers in without knocking....is responsible for whatever happens to them.
thank heaven at least this police chief is stopping this insane dangerous practice!
any police chief that sends (or lets) his officers in without knocking....is responsible for whatever happens to them.
thank heaven at least this police chief is stopping this insane dangerous practice!
I agree use of these warrants needs to be very limited. The first reaction of many homeowners on being invaded without warning is to defend oneself.
God Almighty. This story makes me sick. So much so wrong in so many ways.
Corrupt Houston cops and ‘throw-down gun’ shooting have dogged HPD for decades. When I lived down there, we were cautioned to always stop under a street light or a lighted store if pulled over by HPD.
The militarization of the police and no-knock warrants is evidence that our “public servants” consider themselves our masters and an occupying force trying to tame the natives. If our government keeps sanctioning these knock warrants more good people are going to die on both sides.
From all I’ve heard Acevedo has the brains of a canned ham. Too little too late, dunba$$.
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I’m not sure about all the nuances, but on the face of it, I think your idea is worth considering.
If you actually want to capture criminals, the tap on the shoulder is far more effective than the charge with all guns blazing.
Many police departments have figured out ways to get suspects to come voluntarily to the police station, to ‘sort out a problem’. They’re not usually the brightest bunch.
This chief starting out in Austin, then Houston is a big defender of CAIR and its Taquiyya activities
There's an element of shock as well. You've got a split instant to commit yourself, either to passivity or resistance, which isn't enough for rational consideration.
I saw one on TV where they were sending out mailers identifying the perps as winners of a prize, like a new big-screen TV. They were busting them right-and-left. One even said, as he was being led away, "do I still get the TV?"
The smarter ones would probably get wise to that after a while.
However, if you give them some kind of BS summons, like having bad tires on your car, call the number below if you want to have your tires re-inspected, they’ll come right in. If you’re a running a criminal enterprise, you want everything to look clean.
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