MANAGEMENT PLANS TO LAUNCH AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN TOMORROW MORNING. AND MOSQUITO
REPELLENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
>> IT IS A GLARING PROBLEM IN
TEXAS WITH NO SOLUTIONS IN
SIGHT SO-CALLED WANDERING
OFFICERS MEMBERS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHO GET INTO
SERIOUS TROUBLE THEN LAND
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN PART BECAUSE
THE STATE HAS NO OVERSIGHT OF
THEIR CONDUCT. AND THIS
DEFENDERS REPORT THE 9 TEAM’S
DILLON COLLIER INTRODUCES YOU
TO ROBERT HOME OR A NO WHO’S
MEANDERING JOURNEY BETWEEN
TEXAS DEPARTMENTS ENDED WITH
HIM BEING CHARGED WITH A FELONY
AND FACING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT
FOR HIS ALLEGED TREATMENT UP A
WOMAN IN HIS CUSTODY.
>> OUR STORY BEGINS AND ENDS
HERE IN THE SMALL TOWN OF TAFT
POPULATION RIGHT AROUND
3,000. AS THE SAN ANTONIO AREA
WOMAN RETURNED HOME WITH HER
FAMILY AFTER VISITING THE COAST
IN AUGUST 2019.
SHE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH
OFFICER REFER TO WHAT THEY KNOW
A TRAFFIC STOP TURNED INTO AN
ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF
DRUG POSSESSION.
>> AFTER MORENO HANDCUFF THE
WOMAN AND UNSUCCESSFULLY
ATTEMPTED TO SHUT OFF HIS
BODY-WORN CAMERA ACCORDING TO
THIS FEDERAL CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWSUIT. SHE REMARKED
THAT SHE WOULD GO FREE FULL
BODY CAVITY SEARCH AS LONG AS
MOTHER YOU KNOW DID IT.
>> EVEN IF SHE.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. >> ATTORNEY ROBERT OF WHITE
FILED THE SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE
WOMAN LATE LAST YEAR. HE DETAIL
THE
FREE FLIRTATION AND WHAT
ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED TO HER NEXT
HE REACHED IN AND GROPED HER.
>> AND THEN TRY TO KISS HER AND
SHE TURNED AWAY WHEN HE TRIED
TO KISS HER AND SHE SAYS SHE
SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU KNOW
THAT WAS WRONG AND SHOULD HAVE
DONE THAT YOU AND YOU KNOW SHE
SHE STARTS TO
GET UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> A WEEK AFTER THE WOMAN’S
ARREST, THE TEXAS RANGERS WERE
MADE AWARE FOR ALLEGATION
AGAINST FOLLOWING A
2 WEEK INVESTIGATION. THE
OFFICER WAS BUSTED ON A FELONY
CHARGE IMPROPER ACTIVITY WITH
THE PERSON IN CUSTODY. WHAT’S
EMERGED DURING THE NEARLY 2
YEARS SINCE MORNING,
THOSE BOOKING IS THE PORTRAIT
OF AN OFFICER ALLOWED TO SKATE
ON RULE BREAKING TIME AND TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
>> WE TRUST OUR PD TO
THOROUGHLY VET. POLICE OFFICERS
AND.
THEY JUST DON’T DO IT IT’S
IT’S.
>> IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS CHOPPY CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
THE DEFENDERS LAST MONTH
TRAVELED TO THE COASTAL BEND.
A ONE-TIME CADET OF THE CORPUS
CHRISTI
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT I KNOW
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD BEEN
KICKED OUT OF THE ACADEMY IN
EARLY 2014 3 DAYS
BEFORE GRADUATION HIS
WRITTEN STATEMENT PART OF A
SUBSEQUENT
JOB APPLICATION DID NOT INCLUDE
A REASON FOR
HIS EXPULSION. CCPD OFFICIALS
LATE LAST MONTH ALSO REFUSED TO
TELL US WHY WRITING IN AN
APPEAL TO THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT THE INFORMATION
WOULD BE CONSIDERED HIGHLY
INTIMATE OR EMBARRASSING.
OFTEN ON STANCE AS A TO
DETENTION CENTERS DID NOT
RESULT IN ANY DISCIPLINE ISSUES
OR INVESTIGATIONS FOR
MISCONDUCT. ACCORDING TO
RECORDS OBTAINED BY US. BUT THE
SAME CANNOT BE SAID FOR MONEY
IN THOSE 26 MONTH TENURE.
AS AN OFFICER FOR THE BEEVILLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
THE DEFENDERS FOUND AT LEAST 8
BRIGHT UPS OF FROM AUGUST 2016
TO THE FALL OF 2017 FOR
RULES VIOLATIONS LIKE NOT
SHOWING UP FOR DUTY, RUDE
BEHAVIOR AND ABUSIVE LANGUAGE
THAT OCTOBER WAS FIRED AFTER AN
INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION
DETERMINED. HE WAS REPEATEDLY
HAVING WITH A WOMAN WHILE ON
DUTY. OFTEN IN A MARKED PATROL
VEHICLE. WHAT A LATER
CONFRONTED THE WOMAN AT
HER HOME AFTER SHE BEGAN TO
TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE AFFAIR
ACCORDING TO HIS PERSONNEL FILE
MILES TERMINATION PAPERWORK.
REVEALS THAT 3 OTHER WOMEN HAVE
ALSO FILED FORMAL COMPLAINTS
AGAINST HIM.
>> EACH TAKING ISSUE WITH THE
MANNER IN WHICH HE APPROACHED
THEM AND THAT QUESTIONS HE
ASKED MADE THEM FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE. THEY DETAIL UP.
>> PATTERN OF MISCONDUCT AND
WHAT COULD ARGUABLY BE
CONSIDERED PREDATORY IN NATURE
APPEALED
HIS TERMINATION.
>> BUT ULTIMATELY RESIGNED A
FEW MONTHS LATER EVEN YOUR
PLUMBER.
>> OR YOUR BARBER. YOU KNOW
HAS MORE
REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, SOME
SCOTT HANSON IS THE POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR JUST LIBERTY A
NON-PARTISAN JUSTICE REFORM
GROUP.
>> HE SAYS YOU CAN COUNT WHAT I
KNOW AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF
POLICE OFFICERS IN TEXAS
WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THE
AGENCY THAT LICENSES PEACE
OFFICERS, TE COLE HAS NO
AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE THEIR
CONDUCT.
LEAVING QUOTE CURRENT
REGULATION THAT IS BY AND
LARGE TOOTHLESS AND A
FRAGMENTED OUTDATED SYSTEM
ACCORDING TO AN ANALYSIS OF THE
AGENCY PRESENTED TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
>> IT’S ALREADY INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TO HOLD OFFICERS
ACCOUNTABLE.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THE STATE’S DOING VIRTUALLY
NOTHING BUT MARTIN KNOWS
MISCONDUCT ISSUES IN BEEVILLE
DID NOT MARK THE END OF HIS LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAREER FAR FROM IT.
>> THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED HIM AN
HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN EARLY
2018, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO LAND
ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB,
THIS TIME WORKING FOR THE CITY
OF TAX THAT ONE
POINT BY AN EVEN SMALLER AGENCY
MORNING, THOSE
ISSUES ESCALATED AFTER BEING
REPRIMANDED FOR ACCUSING 2
PEOPLE THEFT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA
POST.
>> MENINO WAS THEN SUSPENDED
FOR DAYS FOR HEATED PARKING
DISPUTE WITH THE RESIDENT
MORENO HANDED THAT SUSPENSION
THE SAME DAY OF THE ALLEGED
GROPING INCIDENT AND JUST LIKE
WITH BEVILLE MENINO WAS ALLOWED
TO RESIGN WRITING IN HIS EXIT
INTERVIEW QUOTE EVERYTHING WAS
PERFECT HERE, I’M GOING TO MISS
THIS PLACE
8/22/2019
AS THE RANGERS WERE MOVING TO
ARREST MORNING. YOU KNOW
THEN TAP POLICE CHIEF JON
CORNISH HANDED HIM YET ANOTHER
HONORABLE DISCHARGE CORNISH
LEFT THE AGENCY LATE LAST YEAR.
8 DAYS AFTER TAFT WAS NAMED A
DEFENDANT IN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWSUIT. AFTER CURRENT
TAP POLICE OFFICIALS REFERRED
OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT TO
COURT ISH WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK
TO HIM BRIEFLY AT HIS HOME
OUTSIDE CORPUS.
COURSE TY DILLON COLLIER
KSAT 12 HEAR ABOUT
ROBERTA MARINO.
>> AND HIS TENURE WITH THE TAFT
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHY YOU GAVE HIM AN HONORABLE
DISCHARGE HOP AFTER THE
ALLEGATIONS YEARS WHO’S AT
INTEL’S YOUR LAWYERS WERE
WHITE SAID HE IS IN THE PROCESS
OF HAVING CORNISH DEPOSED
SPECIFICALLY CORNISH IN THE
CITY OF TAFT.
>> WHERE DID THEY FAIL IN
THIS SITUATION.
>> I THINK THEY FEEL THE MOMENT
THEY SIGNED HIM ON AS AN
OFFICER.
♪
OFFICER. ♪ YOU KNOW HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER
BIN A POLICE OFFICER,
ANYWHERE.
>> FOR THE DEFENDERS DILLON
COLLIER KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> ROBERTA MARINO’S FAMILY
ASKED US TO LEAVE THEIR
PROPERTY WHEN WE STOPPED BY FOR
COMMENT LAST MONTH HE IS
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT IN
SOUTH PATRICIO COUNTY FOR A
PLEA HEARING IN HIS CRIMINAL
CASE ON