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Dallas commissioners to deputy constables: No lights, sirens in personal cars w/o permission, insurance

Here's another example how a relative lack of professionalism among constables and other peripheral law enforcement agencies creates liability for county taxpayers ("Dallas County deputies must get OK to put emergency police gear on personal vehicles, commissioners say," May 5):Dallas County commissioners voted Tuesday to ban deputies and other employees from installing emergency police equipment such as lights and sirens on their personal vehicles without the court's permission.The policy also requires employees to get permission from their elected official or department head before installing police equipment in personal vehicles.The measure was needed, officials said, because some deputy constables have used their personal vehicles for law enforcement purposes while off duty, opening the county up to liability...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).