Complaint Review: Mesquite Police

Dana,

Sounds like you might want to stay out of Mesquite, you probably got what was coming to you.

By the way, let me explain somthing to you about the Dallas County DA's office, if you are arrested for an act against a person (like your boyfriend), and later you and that person "makeup", if that person tells the DA that it never happened then they have no choice but to drop the case. So stop complaining and move to Dallas or why not do the whole state of Texas a favor and move to Oklahoma.

Here's what we have in front of us: your original report didn't make a whole lot of sense and you were called out on it. So your story changed. The new story didn't make a whole lot of sense either, so it changed again. You are what the law calls an "impeached" witness, meaning that we'd be foolish to take ANY of your accounts of the events as true.

Now, charges are rarely dismissed by judges. The entry of the dismissal may have to go through a judge, but it is generally the prosecutor that dismisses the charges.

Prosecutors tend to stand behind their cops, almost to the point of violating certain ethical rules. They will, 99.9% of the time, take the cop's version of the events over yours, even if the cop's story is self-contradictory.

And the judge didn't catch the cops in a lie. Rather, somebody, probably in the prosecutor's office, determined that your husband was going to testify to matters differently than the cops. And as you have a domestic violence situation, the cooperation of the victim is essential to the prosecution of the case. No cooperation from the "victim" = no case and it should be dismissed.

That in no way is evidence that the cops were lying. All it shows is that the prosecutor's most important witness was not willing to testify as they liked.

I know full well how these cases work, and a very significant portion of domestic violence cases are dismissed, NOT because the cops screwed up, but because the victim won't testify.

And I'm imagining that this is what happened in your case.

Now, if you want to present a story that doesn't make much sense and then change it around a few times to try to make it make sense, you're going to run into some skepticism. I don't know the details of this case, and I can't rely on your version of them. All I know is that what you HAVE disclosed implicitly tells a different story than the one you have presented.

i didn't do nothing wrong thats why the judge threw my case out. i didn't want the police to run my husband's name cuz of all the tickets mesquite cops find any reason to take people to jail. so i just kept my mouth shut until i got to the jail. and obviously i wasn't lieing if a judge threw my case out cuz the police story's didn't match.

have no involvement here, but everyone who has ever had contact with the police knows, they lie all the time. Thats just part of their job. I'm glad they are their to protect and serve, but to pretend that they are somehow different then you and me, get serious. They are not.

They lie, they steal, they violate your rights.

Yes, Dana's story is a little confusing; I would say indeed there have been facts left out of her side. However, I just want to say this about the POLICE in TEXAS.

Not all COPS are rogue, I know there are some wonderful ones out there. But TEXAS does seem to have it's share of BAD, especially the Dallas Police Department and I've known of some rogue cops on the force in Mesquite, Wilmer, Highland Park, & others as well. Dallas has some stories that would blow your mind if you knew them! The cops that've been fired over the last 25 years for conduct that would blow some criminals' minds, much less law-abiding citizens!

This girl did leave out original facts which makes her whole story stand out as strange, but if she is to be believed about the part where the judge threw out the case, then I believe she was dealing with a rogue set of cops. Some cops DO throw their authority around in a very negative manner. THERE ARE TIMES, albeit not very often or not very often heard about, WHEN BAD COPS DO SOME REAL BAD THINGS. The only time the majority of the public hear about it is when it runs in the news.

Just like that story the other day in the paper about the Dallas Cop who was off duty, going through the Whataburger Drive thru at Forest Lane & I-75. he actually accused the mgr of ripping him off for $9 change, and showed his badge, attacked him, and drove off saying how he will get even.

Well dig this: HIS SORRY AS* WAS FIRED! Now how many people would probably not likely believe that victim's story (the mgr at Whataburger) had he reported it here or just in general conversation with strangers? People would say "well you're not telling us something, or you've done something wrong to get treated like that, etc. etc.". But the fact of the matter is DALLAS HAS LOTS OF ROTTEN, BAD, DECEITFUL, ROGUE COPS.

It's just a matter of time till they eventually do something stupid and someone fights back, and it gets discovered. A lot of people are too scared to fight back or say anything to proper authorities. Especially when it was the "authorities" that burned you!

Most people are not aggressive. they let things go and try to move on. This is how so many bad cops don't get found out. Not too long ago there were several Dallas Undercover Vice cops fired because they were arresting women for "prostitution" who were not prostitutes, and taking whatever money they had on them, and then leaving with a warning or threat, going and filing "at large warrants" (meaning the warrant shows up months later and you are very surprised by it!) behind their backs with false paperwork & then they are arrested much later and unaware that they even had a warrant out on them.

I swear this is a true story of only about 2 years ago. Dallas fired about 5-6 of its VICE cops for being robbers of innocent people and actually trying to have sex and making sexual/lude attempts on women who are massage therapists, not prostitutes. True story.

Anyway, not saying Dana was right or wrong, I was not there. But in defense to her story, there are surely a lot of cops in the Dallas Metroplex that are rotten and the public isn't aware. And thank God for the good ones we have! But some cops have authority/psychological issues from childhood or other trauma in their lives and being a cop is their way of getting even with the "world." Just a note to those who don't know the reality of police history.

First the police arrested you for no reason.

Now you "took the heat" for your boyfriend that has 8 warrants out.

So how is it that they arrested you for no reason when you admit to having taken the heat for your boyfriend's abuse?

Let me fill you, and everyone else, in on a general truth: people who cavort with people who have multiple warrants out tend to have their own problems staying in line with the law.

You're not giving us the full story here. Why don't you give it another shot and see if you can give us an accurate and truthful account of the events.

i still work at petsmart. they havn't fired me yet and when i was arrested this was before i started working at petsmart and also the case got dismissed because the judge caught the police in a lie. so therefor its not on my record.

Domestic Violence laws in the State of Texas are such - when Law Enforcement responds to a complaint of domestic violence the violent partner (as assessed by the officers) will be arrested and charged with domestic violence whether they are guilty or innocent - I have worked with Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and other Violent Crimes and been to many Family Protective Order hearings and have also seen some very disturbing things (ie - a client being stabbed in front of me) Therefore if you feel that you were done wrong - get the advice of an attorney
If not, then stop being defensive about those who post comments on this site
This is a site for people to make claims against agencies or others they feel have hurt them in one way or another -
Rebuttals are for those who want to help or to find more information
So if you do not like the rebuttals just ignore them but stop being so defensive
BTY - Since you were fired from Petsmart for being pregnant - was that because you were pregnant or because you were arrested?

I know I would never ever stay with a guy who put his hands on me. You are very nonchalant about being slapped.

LOVE isn't supposed to be about physically hurting your partner.

Just a fellow New Yorker. You must be from upstate right??

You say the boyfriend has 8 warrants and slapped you? Whats wrong with this picture...why didn't HE go to jail...something left out here. If you are looking for contructive perspective/advice on this matter, come clean...and quit tolerating physical abuse by boyfriend/dude.

the only assault that happened was my boyfriend slapping me but i toke all the heat because he has 8 warrents for tickets and i rather of went to jail then him. and the mesquite police don't get no action and since i just moved here from new york hey why the h*ll not throw the yankee in jail. they look for any thing to get action. texas has a funny way to welcome people. and a dallas judge threw the case out because the police lied and put they hands on me without reason i wasn't resisting nothing. so ya above "hold on just a moment" (this isn't directed to that one.) ya don't know nothing.

The police departments of Rowlett, Garland, and Mesquite leave a lot to be desired in their slogan of "To Project and Serve". In fact, the only way to have the law followed is to go to the Texas Rangers (and they don't play baseball}.

While there may be something in this story that has been left out, there may not be. I believe her.

Even the most crooked police in the world won't arrest someone for no reason. Arresting people is a lot of work. Then there's a lot of paperwork afterward. So there's always a reason. It may not be a legal or fair or just reason, but there's always a reason.

In a heated domestic dispute, the police are almost required to arrest one of the partners just to make sure they don't get back together later into worse violence. If the police have to come back, it's more work for them, and if it ended up in murder, that'd be an awful lot of paperwork.

Why didn't you call the police on the guy who choked you??

Something is missing from this complaint, like maybe all the facts.

There are 3 sides to every story. Yours, theirs, and the truth.

Cops just don't walk up to someone and slap handcuffs on them for no reason. You must have done something to get wrist bracelets. Remember, being handcuffed does not necessarily mean you are under arrest. It is often done for officer safety. K? CHEERS!!