Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)
Quote

JACKSBORO, Texas — The Jack County Sheriff's Office is taking over law enforcement duties in Jacksboro after the entire police force resigned.

"All of the officers left on their own free will,” said City Manager Mike Smith.

Smith says all nine officers and former Chief of Police Bryan Corb resigned Wednesday. 

The Jacksboro Police Department has not yet responded to a request for more information. Jacksboro is located about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth. A call to the Jacksboro Police Department went unanswered. 

We’re hiring for a chief of police,” Smith said. “We’re going to let him or her build up the department from scratch.”

Jack County Sheriff Charles "T-Bob" Hauger said his deputies have been responding to all calls in Jacksboro for the past couple of weeks. A full-time deputy has been assigned to each patrol shift within the city, Hauger said, and additional deputies are stationed as needed.

Smith said on December 7 of last year, he was pulled over by a Texas Ranger for a broken taillight. Smith claims he suspected some officers within the department were attempting to set him up for driving drunk. Records show the Ranger did not find any signs of alcohol on his breath or within the car.

Following that incident, Smith says he placed Chief Corb and two other officers on paid administrative leave and requested an investigation by the District Attorney and the Rangers. No criminal misconduct was found, and the officers were reinstated.

By January, Smith said some officers began turning in their resignations.

With the department essentially dismantled, the sheriff's office criminal investigations division is working with the district attorney "to begin addressing the backlog of uninvestigated cases left at the police department," Hauger said.

The Texas Department of Public Safety will investigate accidents, while the sheriff's offices get a crash records system set up, Hauger said.

"We’re not here to completely take over the police department,” Hauger added, “but we have to right now.”

One former Jacksboro police officer who wanted to remain anonymous said he and others decided to leave because they were dissatisfied with the city’s leadership.

 

Jack County shenanigans

Link

Edited by cmontexas
  • cmontexas changed the title to WTF is wrong with Jacksboro
Posted
2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Who wants to go with me to commit some crimes in Jacksboro this weekend?

Johntay Cook?

  • Haha 1
  • Drool 1
Posted
19 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Pretty sure you could steal everything worth stealing in Jacksboro and the value still wouldn't get you charged with anything above a Class A Misdemeanor.

Just bring me a Herd's cheeseburger after you're done and I won't snitch

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...