Texas police department shut down for failing to provide ‘public benefit’ after arresting mom over dirty water Facebook post

The Texas police department that arrested a mother for criticizing the town’s dirty drinking water on social media has been ordered to disband after the state ruled that it provided no “benefit to the community.” The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement sent Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws a letter on Sept. 9 revoking the city’s license to operate its own police department — determining the department had “failed to meet minimum standards” as a law enforcement entity, KETK reported. The action followed an Aug. 5 investigation in which the department was found “unable to provide evidence that the agency provides public...