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Will ex-cop, federal marshal be good fit for TYC Ombudsman?

From Mike Ward at the Statesman:John Moore, a retired U.S. marshal and state trooper, was appointed [Wednesday] to be the new independent ombudsman at the Texas Youth Commission. ...Moore, a Denison resident, is retired after a 25-year career as a federal marshal, and served before that as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper and an officer in the Amarillo Police Department. He also served in the U.S. Army, the Texas National Guard and the Texas State Guard. Moore holds a bachelor?s degree in criminal justice from Wayland Baptist University, according to Perry?s office. As ombudsman, Moore will review and report on conditions in Youth Commission lockups to ensure that a myriad of abuse and operational issues that exploded in scandal in 2007 do not reoccur...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).