Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Grits for Breakfast

Criminal Law

: Grits for Breakfast

Dallas constables' traffic units on chopping block thanks to budget crisis

In the bloated, over-funded arena of criminal justice, budget crises may frequently succeed in forcing politicians to focus on public policy over special interests where rational arguments have failed. Such is the case with constables' offices in Dallas County, where commissioners will likely vote Monday to eliminate 80 positions devoted to traffic enforcement. Though constable deputies facing job loss accused the commissioners court of retaliating against whistleblowers, reported the Dallas News ("Livid Dallas County DA Craig Watkins fails in bid to save jobs from budget ax," Sept. 14):Commissioner John Wiley Price, who has opposed the Defenbaugh investigation, said there is no attempt to retaliate against those who spoke up."That has nothing to do with it," Price said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 18, 2010 (boomark / email).