Thursday, July 1, 2021

WANTED: CHIEF JAILER WITH 50 OTHER JAILER FRIENDS

(Ed.'s Note: The exodus from the Cameron County Sheriff's Dept. continues unabated today and the latest departure from the turmoil-plagued department is none other than Chief Jailer Joe Elizardi. Elizardi reportedly resigned suddenly today. Some 70 jailers have left the department since January when newly-installed Sheriff Eric Garza and his chief deputy Robert Gracia took over the helm. 

Garza told the commissioners court recently that said he had hired 20 correction officers to replace them, but his recruiting efforts have not been thoroughly successful. As a result, reports from the jail indicate that on Sunday there were only 7 jailers to handle 800-plus inmates.

That's just part of the problems confronting the new Garza-Gracia administration. Dean Garza the head nurse at Rucker-Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in Olmito, also left earlier this week, indicating that there were irreconcilable differences with Gracia. And word from the inside indicates that at least two officers are set to file complaints against Gracia, too.

There have been two federal retaliation lawsuits claiming First Amendment rights violations against two former supporters of former Sheriff Omar Lucio. Court records indicate that Federal Judge Fernando Rodriguez held a pre-trial hearing Wednesday on the lawsuit filed against Garza and Gracia by Sgt. Rodrigo Almanza for retaliation and denied a petition to dismiss the case by the defendants. 

Another lawsuit in federal court against the Garza administration was filed by Capt. Javier Reyna and is pending. Cameron County has denied providing Gracia with legal counsel because there are serious questions of whether he had been a county employee at the time of the alleged violations. 

Gracia was "appointed" by Garza, but was not listed as a county employee at Human Resources and didn't pass the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement peace officer exam until mid-March.The judge entered a scheduling order for the attorneys that stretches past June 28, 2022. Gracia will have to provide and pay for his own attorneys all that time. 

54 comments:

Anonymous said...

The real problem...the thugs and punks who get locked up are only there for a short period of time. These morons are not getting the hard time they deserve.

Anonymous said...

Captain Reyna is a idiot... Along with all the other crybabies..... Javier lol you just lucky u never got sued u P.O.S get over it.... Shit happens when there's a new administration...

Anonymous said...

Why hasn't Robert Gracia been arrested for impersonating a peace officer? He has official documents signed chief deputy and he had yet to pass the state exam. Where is the DA? Where are the Texas rangers? I guess Gracia is above the Law

Anonymous said...

So Gracia plans to save the jail with all his years of experience? He doesn't have a clue about anything involving the jail. He knows absolutely nothing about jail standards. This idiot isn't competent enough to know that he needs to be certified as a jailer to work in the jail. Yes folks this is the savior of the county. Eric put this bitch on a leash already

Anonymous said...

I've known Mr. Elizardi for many years. While he can be a real SOB, he knows his stuff when it comes to the jail. Sheriff Garza is letting that clown Gracia make detrimental decisions that are affecting his future as Sheriff. He is losing support left and right. Garza has no chance of re-election with Gracia at his side. The sheriff needs to wake up and realize it's time to cut out the dead weight.

Anonymous said...

Gracia thinks he is some kind of emperor, he is destroying the department

Anonymous said...

Toothless Frank Mason is taking over

Anonymous said...

Sweeping Time..washing all..
From head to toes..

Not afraid of wats ahead..
Its the past..that just wont let go!

Como dice jose alfredo jimenez..

Estas k te vas y te vas y te vas.
Y no te has ido..


Let it go..
Its Erics Garza Time

Anonymous said...

Gracia and Rodriguez need to fucking GO!!!

Anonymous said...

Chief Elizardi is tough as nails. He was Chief Deputy under Alex Perez. His experience surpasses just about everyone in the Cameron County Sheriffs administration. Chief Elizardi is responsible for mentoring many jailers to their advancement and allowing them to move up in rank according to their skill and merit. Present administration should not accept his resignation and work out any issues to resolve an amicable outcome.

TCJS will hold Cameron County in non-compliance if they cannot satisfy the mandate imposed. The TCJS will order the transfer of inmates to other facilities at the county’s expense.

The county has seen this before on at least three occasions over the past 25 years.

A 60 jailer deficit (per capita), will take two to five years to remedy itself and satisfy a jail climate according to all information provided by the Information Cameron County paid for in past jail audits.

Hiring outside Jail Administrators has historically been unsuccessful because of cultural acclimation and the willingness to relocate to the RGV for the amount of compensation.

Someone needs to consult with former County Judge Gilberto Hinojosa and Carlos Cascos to see how they navigated these repetitive, cyclical, jail issues.

Just my .2 cents as a former jailor

Anonymous said...

Brownsville Police Chief Felix " El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal and Patrol Commander Bill No Balls DIETRICH are now in Hot water Due to their Incompetence and lack of leadership.
Chief Felix "EL Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal with his No overtime and Data Driven numbers and total misalignment Are major factors in the recent death of a female inside City Jail. Even after several Complaints to the administration, along with the City Manager El Rata Bernal about the shortage of manpower on the streets with as little as 6 officers on the streets they continue to look the other way stating that the numbers don't support more officers..
But yet Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda and Commander Bill No Balls Dietrich still Demand and oder that two units be placed in the downtown area to monitor certain businesses!!WTF
What does this all have to do with the Females death inside City jail well lets begin;
1.Not enough Jail personnel on duty due to no overtime.
2. ONLY ONE Patrol Supervisor on duty and that supervisor must remain in the Office to conduct three In Person Roll Calls at 3pm, 6pm and 8pm as ordered by Patrol Commander Bill " No Balls" Dietrich..So where was the Supervisor when all this was unfolding stuck doing Roll call...The same Patrol Supervisor then must go and check the Airport to make sure the Officer assigned there have not left there assignment.
No trust in his Patrol Division
4. Allowing the Training Division to put 7 Officers in training all from the same shift...
5. Assigning Patrol Officers to Dispatch, City Jail, Records Division and Municipal court all in a effort to save money!!! At what cost??? So Chief Felix"El Chapo" Sauceda- Bernal can impress his lover City Manager El Rata Bernal with all the money he is saving$$$$$$ the city..
6. All these actions have placed Officers and the safety of the public in jeopardy!
Now with three huge law suits pending under the watch of Chief Felix El Chapo Sauceda-Bernal who has proven to be a total failure and is fixing to cost the citizens Of Brownsville Millions of Tax Payer Dollars due to his Incompetence and total Misalignment!
Chief Felix El Chapo Sauceda-Bernal poured the kool-aid but not everyone is drinking it. Chief Felix El Chapo Sauced-Bernal's administration maintains the fiction that administration supports patrol but the continued actions of administration indicates a message of mistrust.
Wake up Brownsville City Commissioners and get rid of this Clown as Chief Felix El Chapo Sauceda-Bernal has already proven to be the worst Chief in Brownsville Police Department History but he is also about to go in the History books as the Chief of Police that cost the City of Brownsville Millions of Dollars!!!
#worstchiefever...

Anonymous said...

Montoya let's talk about the teachers and Staff who got covid when the schools opened and now the idiots at BISD are docking the pay of the people who got sick.Board members you better make it right by them many died and many got sick and now your docking there pay checks cause they stayed home sick that's really messed up you all should be ashamed of yourselves for doing that to them.

Anonymous said...

Do not contact the DA's Office anymore, not reliable, contact the Texas Rangers or FBI.

Anonymous said...



zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You're putting me to sleep, carnal. these are disgruntled clowns who backed Omar Lucio. Don't be dumb.

vatos flojos!

Anonymous said...


Trump's chief financial office indicted.

MAGA: My Associates Get Arrested

Anonymous said...

All supervisors already got together here at the jail, if Gracia or his special ed kid Abraham Rodriguez come to the jail we are leaving

Anonymous said...

Does anyone ask themselves this question. Why did Garcia bankroll the Sheriff election?

Anonymous said...

Elizardi and the idiots he placed in supervisory positions are not up to the challenge. The disgruntled employees favorites from previous administration continue to create chaos for current administration. Everyone knows that the issues with detention officer positions have always been in existence since the pay is low.

Anonymous said...

Man I can't believe it's bad enough at the SO for this man to leave. This man worked under other administrations and stood tall now these people take over and he sees it's time to go?? I worked with Chief Elizardi for many years. He's hard charging and by the book. Firm but always fair. This man taught me everything I knew about corrections and inspired me to pursue my career in Law enforcement. The Chief knows his shit. The Chief always has your back if you're in the right. A supervisor let alone an administrator willing to do that for his staff is a rare thing to see in this field. Chief Elizardi left the jail and it speaks volumes of the environment this new administration brought in to the jail. Sheriff you can definitely run the jail without this man. But his absence will definitely be felt. I know first hand this man wouldn't leave unless there was something illegal or unethical going on.

Anonymous said...

Sheriff Department has gone to shit. It's at a point that it is irreparable. Great job Gracia. It was going so so till you came back.

Anonymous said...

Garza is so fed up with Gracia's bullshit he wants to quit too...

Anonymous said...

Everyone knows that the issues with detention officer positions have always been in existence since the pay is low.

July 2, 2021 at 9:42 AM

This is the only reason for the issues: the salary is low.

Pay more money and people will work the extra-mile. Give good benefits. Problems solved.
The Sheriff should pay good money to all his men.

Anonymous said...

Elizardi plays favoritism and covers for them. Everyone knows that in the department.

Anonymous said...

Joe Elizardi is a typical compadre. He couldn't handle his job.

Anonymous said...

Damn Elizardi left also. What the hell is going on at the S.O and @ 7:50 am seriously doubt this man couldn't handle the Job. Worked with him back in the day and he was never scared of the inmates and always had our backs. If he left I'm sure it was a hell of a reason

Anonymous said...

Chingado! algo anda mal con la cárcel si se fue Elizardi. Saludos chief todo adelante jefe

Anonymous said...

Elizardi used to be a guy that you could go and talk to when you needed advise or you needed something, but as soon as he took on the Chief role and surrounded himself with his little snakes he became just a regular piece of shit. Joe too bad the door didn’t hit you on the way out you lying POS. Now your little kiss asses like Sammy Sanchez and all the little LTs that you promoted that ain’t worth a shit are looking to see on who the next big fish is so they can latch on to his balls. Yeah I’m talking about the fatasses of Ayala and Lazo, seems like they are constantly sucking each other off. Not to forget little midget of Mejia (1st Lt) HaHa what a joke. That guy was all up on George Hernandez ass when he was in charge and didn’t hesitate to jump onto Joe’s sack once he left. The jail was always a shit show but these idiots mentioned above just took the train to failure at 100 mph. Instead of helping the jailers on the floor when we needed breaks or a supervisor, they were too busy going out to eat lunch as a clique (on county time) and then we would get bitched at when they returned because according to them if we needed to call for them then we don’t belong on the job or Mejia’s famous words “are you scared of these vatos”. No bitch, you are. Instead of walking around like you guys are Gods, LMAO. Gain your Jailers trust back!! The worst people that they could of promoted, thanks gastric surgery Joe.

Anonymous said...

@3:42pm keep talking out of your ass pussy. Worthless people like you are the problem

Anonymous said...

Lt.Ayala earned his promotion
I know him he worked up the ranks
He was a Sgt. Back when I worked at The OCK, He always helped out his Officers. He is a good man.

Anonymous said...

@3:42pm
I want to see you tell us to our face you little bitch. You probably been there for years and only worked as a jailer because you don't have the balls to become a supervisor. Like you don't have the balls to tell us face to face you pussy.

Anonymous said...

Javier Reyna for Justice of the Peace 2022.

Anonymous said...

Aww who hurt you lol. Bitter people with nothing to say trying to make personal attacks. You're as pathetic as you look.

Anonymous said...

@3:44pm I have told all of you exactly how it is, and you wanna talk about no balls? All you pussies do is wanna suspend or better yet go crying to bitch ass Sammy that you want someone transferred out because they hurt your feelings. (Ha Ha). You bitches are pathetic, you like thinking your men but act worst than bitches. All you guys do is try to intimidate others (keyword TRY) because of your rank, but all we see is dumbasses walking around with the chief’s cock hanging from your mouth. Instead from trying to sleep with these young new hires you old fucks, try doing your actual jobs for once.

Anonymous said...

Follow JOSE Morales footsteps on how to suck ASS, And you will have no problems getting away with Shit.But all good things come to an end. Just like the Mamoon de Carlos Hdz. He learned real good from his Mentor Rata George Garcia.

Anonymous said...

@12:25 esta bueno Galvan (OCJ maintenance) ponte jalar pinche perico, no vales madre para el trabajo pero para el chisme estas bueno. El unico maintenance que tiene chingos de reportes y suspenciones. Eres una llorona pinche guevon. Mejor callate antes que le hable a la migra a tu y tu vieja.

Anonymous said...

Let the Fed's in and control the jail. Let bitch ass Garza, Gracia and all the rejected losers like Carlos Martinez explained this to the Commissioner's and Judge. Maybe a blessing in disguise to get this Administration OUT!

Anonymous said...

@10:00am since you're not intimidated swing by the office and say this to my face you fucking chudo. If you have all these balls all of a sudden then speak up son. You seem like a jealous petty bitch typing away. Come speak up face to face and then we'll see what you have to say. You'd probably wet your pants. You're afraid of your coworkers you're terrified of the inmates wtf are you even doing speaking sit the fuck down

Anonymous said...

@ 10:00am
You will never understand what we go through cause you are just sitting on the bench. Grow some balls and become a supervisor you little bitch or you're one that hides behind your wife that has bigger balls than you. I bet you're one that quits if you get transferred cause you can't hack it you little bitch. Keep talking and see us from the bench and you're right all good comes to an end but you will never know cause you're just a little bitch pussy ass cry baby.

Anonymous said...

Barajas stop sending nudes sir. You're going to get yourself in a wreck. If she wanted them she would ask for them

Anonymous said...

Shit sorry to see you go Chief. Makes me feel like more bad times are coming.

Anonymous said...

is sam still sleeping in the county truck?

Anonymous said...

BRING BACK THE VACCINE CHICK!!!!!!!! SO BEAUTIFUL.

Anonymous said...

Sam Sanchez for sheriff! The change we need

Anonymous said...

Noca valio verga El pinchie Cpr Torres de Ocj poreso lo moviern Alv !!! De Ocj pore andare de culo Caliente con LA pinche Gorda !!! Ni Para El border patrol valio verga El punitas poreso lo sacron LA premiere ves pinche vola de manteca Asta El Facebook cero el pendejo porq LA vija se dio cuenta

Anonymous said...

No

Anonymous said...

Bola de jotos

Anonymous said...

Noca valio verga El mama Rita De Rec.Garcia
From Ocj pinche vato pobre no Mas se LA Pasa comindo puro pinche Pollo con arce
Porq ni Para El pinche Pago de LA casa nweba le encansa Para pagarla pinche panchon tines Culo de vija pincho Gordo
Poreso mete puro over time pobre vato !!!porq no te encansa con LA pinche vija vale verga que tines !!!! Ja ja ja

Anonymous said...

@9;42 Tu tampoco vales verga joto como la pinche lesbiana gorda

Anonymous said...

@7:44 I THINK YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!! SHE LOOK LIKE SHE WAS INTO YOU!!!!!

Barajas said...

@8:46pm Im barajas and not in anonymous. Im 1 of the new asigned LTs. That nude joke was hilarious and I still can't get over it. I wish I had a body to be taking nude pictures and what not, but in reality I don't. Now im not ashamed to say im a jailer or complaint of how much we get paid. Yes we have lost many great staff and outstanding jailers but I assure u that the ones left are getting it done. We have a job to do and we dont forget it. The safety and well being of our inmates and our staff is our priority. The staff that is left wakes up and sacrifices his time away from their family 12 hours a day for that duties are fulfilled everyday. I may have done many things I might not be proud of in my life but sending nudes is not one. I treat everyone with respect, integrity and fair. I will go out of my way to help anyone of my staff regardless of the situation. I regularly thank and appreciate our hard working staff for their sacrifices and service. I don't care that you are anonymous or really what u have to say but i get it. Im proud to be a jailer and the safekeeper of our inmates and staff.

Anonymous said...

Well said LT! Keep working and holding your head high

Anonymous said...

Orale Barajas fuck these haters bro don't even acknowledge this shit.

Anonymous said...

Barajas for Chief!

Anonymous said...

Eat another triple meat Whataburger with a Diet coke.

rita