By
Juan MontoyaThere's a new sheriff in town.
And just in case you didn't know it, he'll make damn sure you do, albeit a bit ham-fisted.
In a letter dated March 25, Cameron County Sheriff Eric Garza has notified the Cameron County Commissioners Court that he is unilaterally rescinding a Memorandum of Understanding signed buy his predecessor Omar Lucio giving Pct. 2 Constable Abel Gomez administrative control over 15 court bailiffs and security deputies and that he is taking over courthouse security.
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In one fell swoop, Garza says he will remove them from Gomez's control and take over their supervision.
To make his point, he sent one of Gomez's former challengers for the constable's office, Silverio "Silver" Cisneros, to order the 15 court bailiffs and security personnel to report to the sheriff's office at Rucker-Carrizales Correction Center. If they did not show up, Cisneros told the officers, they could consider themselves fired.
However, while the deputies are under the authority of the new sheriff, they still remain under the courthouse security fund budget under Pct. 2 constable Gomez. As far as anyone knows, there have been no budget amendments to place the slots under the sheriff's department, a move required before they can be in his budget. In short, there are no slots in which to place the 15 officers in the sheriff department budget.
Under the state statute, the commissioners can fund: "bailiffs, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables, or contract security personnel during times when they are providing appropriate security services." The courthouse security fund, then, is not under the control of the sheriff, but rather under the "direction of the commissioners court."
"They were called here to Carrizales, sworn in, given the new uniforms and told they were now under the command of the sheriff," said a sheriff department staffer.
The issue will come to a head Tuesday during the commissioners executive session.
The letter to commissioners – worded in a heavy legal tone (Johnathan Gracia?) – gives them notice that the MOU will be terminated Monday, March 29 is not a legally binding document and "hamstrings" the new sheriff's constitutional obligations to be in charge of courthouse security.
The MOU was signed December 22, 2016. At the time, the main Pct. 2 Constable's office was in the judicial side of the county courthouse and Lucio agreed that it seemed practical and convenient to give Gomez authority over the court bailiffs and other deputies who oversaw security there. The constable still has the office there.
Those bailiffs and security personnel are listed under the Pct. Constable's Security budget and total more than $500,000.
But although Garza is given statutory authority over courthouse security, the language in the law says that the Courthouse Security Fund is "administered by or under the the direction" of the commissioners court or municipal government if it was a city.
In other words, Garza is appropriating personnel from a budget under the direction of the commissioners court. They don't even have to have a MOU with the sheriff to administer it. They can hire anyone, including the constables or contract security personnel.
And if Cisneros had no authority to intrude into the arrangement by ordering the officers to appear a Carrizales to be sworn in under the sheriff under threat of termination and they are paid under the fund delegated under Gomez and not under the sheriff's budget, could it constitute an offense of official oppression or acting outside his official capacity?
Is Garza usurping the authority of the commissioners court by removing the officers from the constable control when the law clearly states they are the supreme authority to administer the courthouse security fund?
The matter will be discussed by the commissioners court Tuesday. Once again, the heavy-handed tactics of the Garza administration is at odds with the existing arrangements that had been worked out by the department and the court. Who will blink?
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Sec. 291.003. CONTROL OF COURTHOUSE. The county sheriff shall have charge and control of the county courthouse, subject to the regulations of the commissioners court.
The commissioners court over sees the budget but it will belong to the sheriff....
Save your money for your shit show campaign Reyna. Robert Mata if all else fails, Target or HEB are always hiring.
Rumor: Trump has died.
Impossible; the whole earth would stink of his corpse.
Erick cannot even run the sheriff office and now he wants the Court house
Del Bosque 2024!
Hahahaha i love it Reyna, Mata, Gomez you all obviously dnt know shit.... Nice comment by the way lmaooo save your money for ur shit show Javier.... Good Job Sheriff keep on doing wat your doing don't mind the ingrates.....
You should mention the fact that Constable Gomez knew his now former deputies had to be at 5:30pm on Friday March 26 at 7300 Old Alice Rd (Sheriff's Office) to get sworn in. Constable Gomez decided he would meet personally with each officer just an hour before to threaten them not to go and that he would figure out a way to earn those positions back through commisioners court. Also you are excluding the fact that Pct. 2 Deputy Hector Lopez conducted a traffic stop on another deputy just to threaten HER not to go to the Sheriff's office and that Constable Gomez would take care of everything. Using a police unit to pull over a person without a lawful purpose, now that's official oppression.
The change is coming from sheriff to king of cameron county, but did he budget for a crown, you can't be a king without a crown.
If it wasn't for Lt. Del Bosque holding everything together, the department would fall apart.
How sad to see our administration showing up to an emergency call (barricaded subject) and not knowing wft to do, Sheriff Garza looking funny with the same coat just waiting to take a picture for twitter, pretending he is in charge of something he doesnt even understand, "Chief" Gracia lost ASF, and Capt Rodriguez just driving around
May the LORD give you FAVOR,
SHERIFF Eric Garza.
Son muchos WANNABEES lions.
Abel Gomez continues the same lies and tactics of the Reynas. His compadres style. Your lies will catch up to you.
Delbosque has is a clown and loyalist to the Reynas. It's quite evident he cannot handle the simplest tasks.
Official Oppression by Abel Gomez is an arrestable offense. Let's hope the District Attorney does his job or he will turn a blind eye on the obvious. Check cameras and interview the employees. Justice needed against Constable Abel Gomez. Citizens stop voting for him!
Once more, Cameron County shows off its utter ignorance. Too many Mexicans at SO!!!!
In other news -
‘Devastated’ U.S. men again fail to make Olympics after falling to Honduras in soccer qualifier
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se creen vaqueros pero sin botas y pistolas donde estan las ak's?
@5:11am; says the sergeant who is out on FMLA but shows up to a call out. Lol!
Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the coronavirus response under loser Trump -
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Shooting in Maryland Baltimore where 4 were fatally shot including the gunman's parents! So now are all you CNN Idiotas going to wake up and finally see that the recent mass shooting are all government psyop? Or you don't have enough brain cells to figure it out! Ya estas como ese half coco retard mutt who believes the vaccine is safe, because the Government would never lie to us! But still ese idiota ojete won't say he took the vaccine! Otro pinche Vegetable como Biden! Hahahahaha!
Texas 64, Maryland 61: Longhorns return to the Elite Eight.
El pueblo se ahorca con jotos.
Liberen a Bronsvil!
Culo is good.
The person responsible for the comments that do not pertain to this beautiful poem, including the derogatory comment above.... is none other than Eduardo Paz Martinez. You are a bonafide idiot, old man.
“Unbelievable! Trump crashes a wedding at Mar-a-Lago and is like the worst drunk uncle who got a hold of the mic and won’t shut up.”
Sounds like the local sheriff wanting to take over ALL departments in the county with his band of thugs.
Hay un Sherif nuevo y quiere hacer cambios.
Nomas que nadie pierda su trabajo y que sigan cuidando y sirviendo a la gente.
Que de trabajo a los nuevos policias, a las mujeres policias, ayude a la gente que ya tiene experiencia tambien. Tienen que ser una familia. Unidos y fuertes nada de pleitos porque les gananan los pandilleros.
wardens, deputy, justice of the peace, constable, bailiff, secret agents, special agents, state troopers, immigration officers, probation oficers, parole officers, arson investigators, law enforcement officers, custom officers, game wardens, ordinance officers, security guards, border patrol officers.
I love that TRUMP still lives in your heads rent free. I guess you regret voting for Biden or you would be talking about what a great job he is doing. While you are at it, let’s talk about gas being 60 cents higher and the Biden administration wanting to tax you by the miles you drive ?
Eric Garza knows there are laws, but the laws do not apply to him and his compadres. Texas has laws but they are not enforced. He is owed many, many favors in return for intentional errors for criminals, delaying the Due Process, settling settlements, covering for drug cartels and addressing the laundering money. What about the forfeiture monies from drug deals and cover-up corruption? Does the sheriff share the forfeiture monies with commissioners. Remember it was the commissioners court that decided to take away Villalobos' power to investigate corruption cover-up by BND corruption or other corrupt entities. The Commissioner court decided for themselves to give themselves the power that once belonged to district attorney to investigate BISD, BND and other corrupt entities. Could this be the reason as to why Luis Saenz stays clear of involvement? Is this what has Eric Garza flipping out. Think about, " how does a person with no law enforcement experience get to land the sheriff position? He's even gone a step forward, by attempting to removing the officers from the constable CONTROL, when the law CLEARLY STATES they, (constable) or Judges, are the supreme authority to administer the courthouse security fund. Greed and power is what runs corrupt individuals like Eric Garza. Also, Eric Garza was court clerk for Arturo Nelson. Nelson was mentioned by convicted Abel Limas as being just like him. Understood, understood. God Help Cameron County.
Oregon State will whip Houston today!
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Best game:
UConn vs. Baylor in NCAAW
Y aqui me la pelan todos los chaparritos mestizos que no saben sebo de basquet!!!
March 29, 2021 at 10:28 AM
Should be ashame of himself post such filth by the way who is he sounds familiar.
He wants to take over the Courthouse but he is fkn everything up at the Sheriff's Office..... I have to recognize and congratulate you Garza, in 3 months you:
1.-Hired all your campaign cash contributors, and allowed one of them to impersonate the duties of a peace officer by giving orders on official cases.
2.-Hired people with criminal background to be in charge of critical areas, like the radio communications and to have access to the jail.
3.-Instead of asking for a raise for the jailers and deputies, you asked one for yourself, and you want to spend thousands of dollars on new design uniforms and new paint job for all the patrol units.
4.-Knowing that the jails are shorthanded, you decided to gave up 4 jailers slots to hire youre friend as Sheriff "Administrator", who also campaigned for you.
5.-You moved out the patrol Lts out of their offices, and gave those offices to your new hired clerks, like Nereyda, the one who donated almost 3 thousand dollars to your campaing.
6.-All patrol Lts were criminally interrogated by the goofy Captain, who cant even write, Abraham Rodriguez for a comment that was posted on el rrun rrun, are you serious? The change we need!
7.-You hired Carlos Martinez "La Cebolla", who worked for Conrado Cantu. He now has access to the most critical information at the jail, walks around taking video and photos from secure areas and when jailers complained, they were trasnferred to another jail.
8.-You hired people like Silver Cisneros and Luis Mendieta, gave them brand new units, made supervisors leave their offices for them, don't you know Garza? you're turning the department against you!
9.-Because of your mismanagement and unexperience, patrol deputies are working without supervisor on duty, putting a rookie deputy in charge, are you serious? That's what happens when you put someone like Abraham Rodriguez in charge of the safety of the citizens of the entire county, a rookie deputy giving orders on emergency traffic, a rookie deputy in charge of the safety and wellbeing of the deputies, OMG!
10.-The civilian acting as "Chief" Deputy, Robert Gracia, signs an official document, promoting Lt. Joe Elizardi to Chief Jailer, knowing that Elizardi had been falsifying his timesheet, and sexually harrasing jailers, he even moved in with the wife of an inmate!...Yes we all know that Elizardi is the one who leaked a video from the jail to you during the campaign and becuase of that he got the promotion...
11.-All patrol supervisors were given a "write up" (full of misspelling LFMAO) for not taking reports, are you serious? That's what happens when you put someone who was no idea about patrol like Capt Rodriguez or you as Sheriff, THATS WHY THEY ARE SUPERVISORS, their duty is to supervise, they cant be taking reports while their deputies are on emergecy traffic.... I GUESS EXPERIENCE DOES MATTER RIGHT GARZA?
12.-You keep retaliating against supervisors and employees...
BUT YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER THE COURTHOUSE, GIVE ME A F*** BREAK!
Oh and the list goes on and on and on...
Yo si reconozco que el gran juego de basquet si requiere talento. Desafortunadamente, aqui en esta ciudad pobre no existe ese talento, ni para el mas morenito.
Alllll that big comment just to be wrong lmaooo wat an idiot....
Vegetable Biden is pushing super hard that every American get the supposedly safe vaccine! He is now using scare tactics to get people to vaccinate! Telling us that there's a vicious cucuy covid-19 UK variant and that deaths are rising up again! Below is a video where he is pushing all take the vaccine, just like he did, problem is, he probably took something different than what you will be taking!
https://youtu.be/xQK6dP_8WCI
The jail can have 1000 jailer slots and that won't change the manpower issue. Always and always will have a high turnover rate. Better pay and quailty leaders are necessary to break that cycle.
Atleast Brownsvillepd.blogspot is back!
Yey
Bravo now we can identify brownsville zesr when they come to macallen
Javier Reyna and Abel Gomez using lies manipulate others who do not know the law. From intimidating and harassing employees to start issues and problems that they create. Leave the employees in Peace. Javier and Abel continue to create a hostile environment for employees.
Oh and the list goes on and on... lol bro shut up. Can you hear yourself? Clowns like you spreading lies and rumors to feel better about yourself, guess what jr cadet just because you number all of your lies doesn't make them true...
1. Stop bitch and crying and do your job
2.if you had proof of any of this you'd have done something about it. Capt Rodriguez this and Chief Gracia that. And can't forget to mention Elizardi lol
3.stay out of gossip and come with facts
Instead of spreading lies about people.
You guys want the sheriff to change the whole department in 3 months? After 19 years of the same old crap? Yall complaining about him bringing in his own team?? What did you all expect for him to work alongside the same idiots that could not modernize the deparment and that are still against him?? You guys do know that the uniforms and all the new equipment for patrol is coming from grants not from the general fund budget. Most of these comments are just resentful employees from the past administration. Stop whining and do your work!
I don’t know what’s worse Reyna typing away in his little office where he covered his window up so no one can see him. Mata wondering what agency will take his pathetic self so he can squeeze into a uniform and get to see his sancha in Los Fresnos. Or Almanza showing up to a swat call out while on FMLA and the. Going to Mexico City on a morning flight where he can type away while waiting at the airport. They’re all pathetic and bring nothing to the table.
There’s a reason that Mata, Almanza, Reyna or Diaz take any concrete evidence to the DA’s Office, The Rangers or the Feds, they’re all suspect! Not one of them had the clearance to enter any of this facilities. On the contrary, if venture to say that they all probably have active case files where they’re named as a suspect. Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve, blah blah blah! They can complain that their milk cow dried up and throwing money at Lucio didn’t help in his re-election campaign. They can complain that the new decals on the patrol units or the new uniforms are a waste of money but we all know they’re just projecting their insecurities as usual. Step aside losers, your time is up!
Aqui las viejas usan los pantones y los jotos usan pantaletas. Y son policias!!!! hahaha jotingos NO SHAME
Who is working? I see all these posting during working hours. Go work
Who's working? Postings here are done during working hours so who's minding the store? Where's the DA?
March 29, 2021 at 12:58 PM
Are you referring to the mayor and county judge or mojados in general pinche gringo apestoso junto con los cocos gueyones.
One of the responsibilities of ALL employees is to defend the elected official in whatever mode at all times including and not limited to working hours...
And that includes a picture holding his political sign next to the belly.
Investigate county employees at that place who is working and who is not and fire all of them and take them to court do it DA do something at least sent a memo or a cell call or computer email oooops no computer...
pinches idiots siempre los mismo mamadas . Let me tell you all something and is the truth. Deputies fighting Deputies is what they want, Deputies and jailers fighting each other is what they want, that's how they run this place, once we come together, they don't run shit!!! We have to unit raza! I put all my confianza in the sheriff Garza y chief Gracia and El Chief Elizarde they gonna take care of us berry good guys just have to show a little bit of fe. We're with you Sheriff al 100! You got it and I have 6 years experiencia en la carcel so taking it away
I GUESS MY POSTING THE OTHER NIGHT STRUCK A NERVE WITH SOMEONE WHO REVIEWS THESE POSTINGS ON THIS BLOGG???????? THE TRUE IS THE TRUE AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COURTHOUSE WITH THE BALIFF ISSUES!!!!!
THE BALIFFS SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE SHERIFF AND THATS IT...I'M NOT SURE IF THE BAILIFFS ARE STILL IN THE SHERIFF'S RULES AND REGULATIONS MANUAL?????? SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK?????
THANKS JUAN FOR YOUR GUYS SENSORING MY POSTING WHILE I AM EXERCISING MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH ON THIS PUBLIC BLOGG YOU ESTABLISHED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC!!!!! THANKS AGAIN.....
Sheriff, given the obvious (March 30, 2021 at 4:32 PM), it would be ideal to get rid of Conrado Cantu as your communications training officer or invest in Inglés Sin Barreras.
At any rate, best wishes with the mess you inherited and the one you are creating. Our county deserves so much more.
Puros pinches mamones llorones NI TRABAJAN y estan posting on blogs during working hours GET TO WORK DO SOMETHING idiotas
BREAKING NEWS:
Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda rehired Officer Rey Rios after he was terminated for a DWI accident and pursuit with DPS..and now is in the process of Rehiring Officer Diane Martinez after she was released from the department after several thefts from local department stores. BUT IN Brown town anything is possible if your price is right and it wouldn't be the first time Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda has done this. Starting with an Officer that was involved in a DWI accident that was released by the previous administration then rehired by El Chapo and given a promotion to Sergeant.
Then rehiring a Lieutenant and Sergeant that were both terminated for being liars.
Then rehired by El Chapo Sauceda and given promotions the Lieutenant to head the Training division and the Sergeant to the Narcotics division.The Sergeant was then moved again from the Narcotics unit after he was caught lying on Criminal Cases...Corruption and Liars is what this Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda will be known for..#worstchiefever...
#Butthurt #Hurtmuch
It's easy to anonymously throw out names on a blog and bring up their hiccups in life. If your sorry ass life can't move out of the past, that is your problem. Grow the F-up! Don't get me involved in your sorry quest of misinformation and jealousy. I have refused to stoop to your level in the past. If you still want to go mano a mano, I am ready to bring up some factual stories about those in the last administration. I have nothing to lose as I have accepted my past, made up for my sins and grew from them.
I hope your not talking about the joto de Orly, he left after realizing that he would have to answer why his wife/partner Frankenstein was making more money than any other civilian at the PD? Orly and his pet are nothing but good riddance! When you have time, go try and actually graduate from high school! I hope you come back and take your little bitch Dale and his Sgt/GF Miriam.
Sent all of them back to grammar school bola de idiotas let them patrol the playgrounds at the local elementary schools.
Waaah! Waaah! The chief is a bad guy! Someone on the blogsphere please hear me! Waaah! I will post the same hashtag over and over until a blogsphere superhero rescues me! Waaaaaah!
MISINFORMATION and hiccups in life..LMAO...The truth hurts and prsions are filled with prisoners claiming misinformation and hiccups..But go on and think everything is ok..if you would move The Chief's ball sack out of your face maybe you would see what's happening...
A LIEUTENANT WHO IS BRADY Damaged and who has been a Prick his whole Career now trying to make it right..Another Lieutenant who is caught doing the wild thing on duty with a civilan employee.
A narcotic Sergeant caught lying again..
These types of people you want around
You? You can cover up the smell and make it look pretty but in the end it's still gonna smell like shit!
As for the previous administration running circles around this clown Sauceda is Definitely True...no matter how you try to hide it...
Felix"El Chapo" Sauceda with his degree in his hand took a huge pay cut just to get the job...But as it shows you get what you pay for...
Low budget, low quality shit!
Come on, everyone at City Hall will tell you that Chief El Chapo Sauceda tries to mimic the City Manager El Rata Bernal that's why the Department is running like shit!
As for the previous Administration well they are the reason that we are in this situation today. By being to kind hearted and to lacked on disciplinary action allowing violations of Rules and Regulations and most importantly State and Federal laws to go unpunished and not prosecuted...
THE Truth hurts..but Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda is truly the worst Chief to ever step foot in that Office..
#worstchiefever...
To think that Mata and sheriff garza graduated from the same police academy class. I would of thought they be best friends.
Reyna for Sheriff 2024!!!
Brownsville PUB annouces the building of a new Downtown sewer treatment plant..
PUB has announced it will name the new sewer treatment plant after a local leader. After overwhelming votes the new plant will be named after Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal. THE VOTERS ALL Choose Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal as the face of the new sewer treatment plant because he is full of shit just like the new sewerage plant!!!
#worstchiefever...
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