Sounds like a call to Chief Rushin as well as the City Attorney Diane Wetherbee might be in order to see what his/her take is on this.Budge wrote:The saga continues...
Even though the attorney for Texas DPS dropped their case against me, I had already filed a complaint against the officer for maliciously pursuing my suspension even after I offered to provide him with an affidavit of my innocence from the DPS.
Well they finished their review and basically determined that there was no evidence that the officer acted maliciously. The officer lied to the review board and said he never received a call from me (even though it was on his department voicemail system). And they blamed the fact that I was never sent copies of the Suspension Form (as required by Texas law so that I may defend myself in court) because of a misunderstanding with their Records Department. But it's been almost 3 months, and I still haven't received it.
I found out during the process that the officer was still pushing for my license suspension with the DPS AFTER I had filed my complaint and provided his Professional Standards Unit with a copy of an affidavit from the DPS stating that I had done nothing wrong. When asked why the officer did that, he stated that it wasn't his responsibility to look at the proof, and if I was really innocent, then I should go to court and prove it.
So I asked to speak with his superior officer. This guy has the gall to tell me that it doesn't matter what I say or what his officer or department did or didn't do. In his mind, I broke the law (regardless of what the DPS says) ... period. If I didn't like how I was treated, then I should take it up with the DPS. The truth of the matter is that even though his officer was under review, he didn't know any of the facts of the case, had not ever seen my affidavit, and has very little knowledge of the DPS codes regarding his responsibilities after reporting a violation. He didn't even know if his Records Department had followed up by sending me the required documents, even though he took sole credit for changing their policies to correct the misunderstanding.
So what it all boils down to is NEVER TRUST YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. According to them, that's not their job. My advice to anyone in Texas who is waiting for their CHL is NOT TO CARRY until you have the card in your hand. Don't every give them anything that they can use against you...chances are they will.
Then again, since there is no other pursuit on this, I might just let it drop if it was me.
The officer sounds like a young punk with a shiny new badge. He's letting his Harry Callahan ego overload his Barney Fife.
