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COLEMAN COUNTY, SHERIFF
SUPERVISOR AND A DEPUTY BOTH
OFF THE FORCE AFTER ADMITTING
TO HAVING A RELATIONSHIP AND
NOT REPORTING IT. SERGEANT
KELLY MET AND DEPUTY PATRICK
BYRNE DENIED CO-WORKERS CLAIMS
THAT ONE OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS
TOOK PLACE WHILE ON DUTY.
KSAT INVESTIGATES DILLON
COLLIER TAKES US INSIDE THE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS CASE.
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>> THAT SMOKE SEEN BILLOWING
ON SCREEN IS FROM A SERVICE
RIFLE INADVERTENTLY FIRED BIDEN
COMAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S CORPORAL
KELLY METS. SHE CONDUCTED AN
INSPECTION ON ANOTHER DEPUTY’S
VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2019 METS
WAS SUSPENDED TODAY IN ORDER TO
GO THROUGH FIREARMS RETRAINING,
ACCORDING TO HER PERSONNEL
FILE, RELEASED TO KSAT
FOLLOWING A PUBLIC RECORDS
REQUEST THE PUNISHMENT PALES
IN COMPARISON TO HER MOST
RECENT DISAPPOINT.
>> ISU IS A REFERENCE TO
FRIENDS. THEY SHUN.
>> IN EARLY JANUARY NOW
SERGEANT METS WAS QUESTIONED BY
INTERNAL AFFAIRS ABOUT POSSIBLY
HAVING ENCOUNTERS WITH DEPUTY
PATRICK BYRNE WHILE BOTH WERE
ON DUTY, ACCORDING TO RECORDS.
WELL, MET SUNBURN WERE NEAR
PATROL VEHICLES IN THE PARKING
LOT OF THE ANTLER CAFE IN MAY
OF LAST YEAR. THIS MAN, DAVID
BRACKET EDGE THROUGH ROCKET
BURNS. WINDSHIELD AFTER HEARING
QUOTE MORNING. SOUNDS LIKE
GRATIFICATION COMING FROM THE
AREA OF THE PATROL UNITS.
METS SHOWN IN THIS FACEBOOK
PICTURE FROM AN UNRELATED
SHERIFF’S EVENT DENIED THE
ALLEGATIONS INSTEAD CLAIMING
SHE WAS TEACHING BURN HOW TO
MAKE FELONY TRAFFIC STOPS.
NEITHER OF THEM HAD THEIR
BODY-WORN CAMERAS ON. NEITHER
REPORTED THE DAMAGED
WINDSHIELD.
>> IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK WHERE
YOU ARE THAT WE DIDN’T SEE HIM
UNTIL HE WAS RIGHT UPON US TO
FELLOW DEPUTIES TOLD INTERNAL
AFFAIRS BURNED BRAGGED ABOUT
METS HIS PROWESS. EACH
REPEATING A CRASS PHRASE USED
BY BURN.
>> TO DESCRIBE METS HIS ABILITY
TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC ACT.
METS WHEN QUESTIONED BY
INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED THAT
SHE AND BURNED DID HAVE 2
ENCOUNTERS AT HER HOME WHILE
NEITHER OF THEM WAS ON THE
CLOCK CUPS THAT OCCURRED JUST
MONTHS AFTER HE JOINED THE
AGENCY BASED OFF THE DATE OF
HIRE LISTED ON BURNS LINKED IN
PAGE. NEITHER THE SUPERVISOR
OR SUBORDINATE DEPUTY REPORTED
THE RELATIONSHIP TO
ADMINISTRATION RECORDS SHOW A
VIOLATION OF THE SHERIFF’S
POLICY ON EMPLOYEE
FRATERNIZING. A SHUNT.
>> BUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE DUO’S ACTIONS TOOK ON AN
EXTRA LAYER. BYRNE CONFIRMED
MEETING WITH THE SERGEANT LATE
LAST YEAR AFTER BEING
INTERVIEWED BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS
AND CLAIMS METS ASKED HIM TO
BE UNTRUTHFUL.
>> WELL, METS ACKNOWLEDGED TO
INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE SPOKE
WITH BURN. SHE TOLD THEM SHE
WAS TRYING TO PROTECT THE
DEPUTY AND THAT SHE FELT LIKE
SHE WAS BEING TARGETED. BURNS
ADMISSION DEALT A CRITICAL BLOW
TO BOTH OF THEIR CAREERS WITH
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
♪
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I’M SURE
YOU. THAT’S A SAD STATE OF
AFFAIRS.
>> IT HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE I
STARTED HERE.
AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
REPORTS.
>> IT SEEMS THE RECORDS SHOW
METS WAS TERMINATED WEEKS AFTER
GIVING THAT INTERVIEW, BYRD WAS
ABLE TO LAND ON HIS FEET, AT
LEAST TEMPORARILY. SOMERSET
POLICE CHIEF GARY REEVES
CONFIRMS THAT EVEN THOUGH BERM
WAS TERMINATED FROM THE COMAL
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FRONT,
TRUTHFULNESS. HE WAS HIRED AS
A RESERVE OFFICER LESS THAN
7 WEEKS LATER AFTER DISCLOSING
WHAT HAPPENED AND IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE BURN HAD NOT BEEN A
SUPERVISOR WHEN THE ENCOUNTERS
TOOK PLACE. CHIEF REEVES
CONFIRMS BURN SEPARATED FROM
SOMERSET PD AFTER WE REACHED
OUT
FOR COMMENT FOR KSAT
INVESTIGATES, I’M DILLON
COLLIER.
>> METS DID NOT RESPOND TO A
REQUEST FOR COMMENT. COMAL
COUNTY SHERIFF MARK REYNOLDS
DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SKY,
PROSECUTORS IN COMAL COUNTY
DISMISSED THE CRIMINAL CASE
AGAINST BRAC EDGE IN