Tommy
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Lipstick Alley? Um . . . really??? 
Coffee City Texas a town with 249 residents, has fifty Police officers on the payroll.
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JustDave
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According to the map, there is also a Tree Service business.
jimintoronto
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If you don't like my sources, feel free to put up your own about this topic. I would welcome new sources about this tiny little Texas town's Police service. JImB.Lipstick Alley? Um . . . really???
jimintoronto
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I have been trying to find out what the speed limit is on the main road in Coffee City, Texas. Anybody know what it would be ? A guy here from PA suggested it was a case of "cops sitting behind a bush " to trap speeders. Where I live traffic fines are paid to the Provincial Treasury, then the money is divided and sent to the various municipalities, based on their census population. With that system there is no incentive to write Provincial Offense Notices as a way to increase the revenue of a particular place, town or city. Obviously the city of Toronto Police Service is going to write more PON"s than the small town of Sturgeon Falls will. JImB.According to the map, there is also a Tree Service business.
JustDave
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HEADLINE
SENIOR FORUM EXPOSES POLICE CORRUPTION IN TEXAS
A relatively unknown Senior Internet forum beats Texas
lawmakers to the story, and brings town to it's knees. No
effort was made to contact city officials who did not respond
to questions from the forum.
Citizens of Coffee City expressed shock. Earl Muffet, who
stocks grocery shelves at Dollar General, said, "We never
knew anything was wrong. We thought all Texas
towns were doing the same thing."
jimintoronto
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Nice satire Dave. Seriously, would you try and connect to their websites for me ? I know that my internet service has been a little spotty the last few days here in Toronto. Just give it a try and see if you get the same negative results that I did ? Thanks. Jim.
JustDave
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This one works for me, but there's nothing there that mentions a scandal.
The Heart of Lake Palestine - Coffee City TX | City of Coffee City
jimintoronto
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The source I started with is a Houston area TV station that did a 3 part investigation about the Coffee City Police Chief and his department. KHOU was the station check their website for the links to the story .
Were you aware of this Police department's large number of officers, before you read this thread ? I find it incredible that such a small town would have so many Police officers, and that so many of them were previously terminated from their full time positions with other Texas law enforcement agencies for serious misconduct charges. The previous Coffee City Chief resigned in 2019, and the present Coffee City Chief has an outstanding arrest warrant in Florida, that he "forgot to mention " when he was being interviewed for the job.
JimB. In Toronto.
jujube
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AAA used to publish a list of towns that had "excessive" traffic enforcement and got over a certain percentage of the town income from traffic fines. Florida had two: Waldo and Lawtey. The saying was "Don't be Naughty in Lawtey".
Apparently, being "naughty in Lawtey" meant driving through it. You could count on a speeding ticket.
Apparently, being "naughty in Lawtey" meant driving through it. You could count on a speeding ticket.
JustDave
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Never been a member of AAA, but that would be helpful. The county just north of me is Hell on drivers and has two speed traps that I know of.
jimintoronto
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When I was an owner/operator for an Ontario based expedite freight company in the mid 90's, I ran a E 350 Ford cargo van. I built a list of "American towns with low speed limits " that I carried in my van.
I was once stopped in West Virginia by a local Sheriff's deputy, who insisted that my Ontario Provincial commercial driver's license was invalid in the USA. I made a cell phone call to the WV State Police who came out and advised the deputy that he was wrong, and to let me get on with my business. The town in WV that I was driving into had a 20 mph speed limit, on a section of a State highway . My delivery point was in that town, so I had no choice but to drive into it.
I gladly paid for the CAA Gold membership card, every year that I was a o/o. Covered me in both Canada and the USA. A business tax write off for at that time around $125 a year. JimB.
jimintoronto
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This link shows that in 2014 Waldo Florida's Police department was shut down, permanently, as was the Town of Waldo. Link.https://reason.com/2022/05/08/11-insanely-corrupt-speed-trap-towns/
No wonder people from other countries have such a low regard for SOME American Police departments. JImB.
jimintoronto
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So, are you saying that the State of Texas has no legal control of such things ? I would suggest that the State of Texas does have the legal power to, at the very least, investigate cases of possible corruption within it's boundaries. JimB.
The State has the power to investigate, sure. As to the weight or credence they give or will give to any complaint is unknown. It seems with as many tickets given out, someone would have challenged it with legal action, not just a not guilty or guilty plea. Anyone who received a ticket would have legal Standing to challenge the system in Court. Why hasn't the media put it in the spotlight?
jimintoronto
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Coffee City is located in Henderson County, Texas. Here is a link to the website of the Henderson Country District Attorney's Office.https://www.bing.com/search?q=who+is+the+district+attorney+in+henderson+county+texas+%3f&qs=HS&sc=10-0&cvid=82569D0B48274ED0BDB805EFE8E258C8&FORM=QBRE&sp=1&lq=0
Perhaps a email to that office might get some reaction ? The original investigation was done by a Houston area TV station whose call sign ends in HOU. JImB.