He had to fight his way through other law enforcement officers for whom Chambers was an informant. Also subject to challenge is our other category. Our gentle readers may be unaware that the hospital is defended by certified law enforcement officers, including on occasion retired Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson. And last but not least, former 83rd District Judge Alex Gonzalez hired Ft Stockton law officer Mike Hill as a bailiff and bodyguard in the late 1980s after state, local and federal officers neglected to take action on threats to the judge from local drug dealers. These counts are slippery because so many agencies exist.
Some agencies believe their rosters are secret.
But the bottom line is how many guns are on the street in the hands of publicly commissioned officers. The answer is that there is one cop for every 50 or so people in this county. What is more startling is that our 200 work for about 25 agencies. This means the law enforcement officers function within a superstructure of politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers and secretaries at least as large as the force of officers on the line. Several years ago, in a Brewster County Commissioners Court meeting, Commissioner Emilio Salmon said concerning a law enforcement initiative, There are too many guns on the street.