Temple (TX) Police officer arrested in El Paso

[KamaAina]

http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_48e61a4c-575e-11e5-b69a-6f74fd47d1d0.html

An off-duty Temple Police Department corporal consumed alcohol before he was arrested and charged Tuesday for allegedly firing his weapon during a law-enforcement gathering in El Paso, officials said.

Cpl. Kenneth Lee Sheka, 28, is charged with deadly conduct/discharge of firearm, a third-degree felony, in connection with the incident at a hospitality event associated with the 2015 Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas convention. The convention is being held this week at the El Paso Marriott.

El Paso Police Sgt. Enrique Carrillo said Sheka made “crude remarks” of a sexual nature and inappropriately touched a female server at the adjacent Chase Suites Hotel, 6791 Montana Ave. The woman rebuked the corporal’s advances, told him not to touch her again and walked away, escorted by a man, when Sheka pulled out a pistol and fired one round into a wall, Carrillo said.

Sheka was immediately subdued by other police officers in the hotel conference room. Alcohol was being served to convention attendees during the hospitality event, Carrillo said.

[randys1]

1. Bad apple, surely men in uniforms with guns and sticks arent prone to be violent

or anti Women, right!

[Major Nikon]

3. Looks like a better proof of the Law of the Instrument

[tblue37]

8. At first, reading too fast, I saw "surly men in uniforms. . . .". nt

[rusty quoin]

2. It wasn't his fault. She turned him down.

[Waldorf]

4. Sounds like a police officer needs to be fired

and spend some time in jail. This is ridiculous.

[Downwinder]

5. bond set at $2,500.

[Ino]

6. There's that "you will obey me or else" attitude...

that cops love to demonstrate.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-beat-wives-girlfriends-double-national-rate-receive-promotions/

Law Enforcement officers beat their significant other at nearly double the national average. Several studies, according to Diane Wetendorf, author of Police Domestic Violence: Handbook for Victims, indicate that women suffer domestic abuse in at least 40 percent of police officer families. For American women overall, the figure is 25 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to The Advocates for Human Rights Organization, studies indicate that police families are 2-4 times more likely than the general population to experience domestic violence, making the potential for disparities in protective success particularly troubling.

Historian John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, has a famous quote, Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This rings true through all levels of government ‘power,’ however it is particular prevalent among police officers.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Good thing that the only thing he killed was career, and right to own firearms in the future!

I see no other outcome, unless they plead it down from felony charges. I hope that doesn't happen, as this person has demonstrated that he cannot be trusted to use a firearm... or to be a police officer.

Peace,

Ghost