OPINION: Could a Veterans Affairs Employee be Liable for Failing to Meet the ICARE Regulation (38 CFR 0.600-0.602)

It turns out the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopted Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 0.600-0.602, on or about July 13, 2012, the Core Values of ICARE; which stands for Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, and Excellence. The complete law can be found on the US Government Publishing Office website and we have provided the […]
City of Mercedes Police Chief Resigns

We have been informed that Chief Dagoberto Chavez, Jr. has resigned from the City of Mercedes Police Department. We are not sure the reason for his resignation, but it seems like something may be going on in the City Limits of Mercedes, Texas. We also received his Personal Status Report (PSR) from the Texas Commission […]
The Texas 13th Court of Appeals has Officially Notified the Judge of Cameron County Court at Law 5, About Cause 19-CCR-01643

We just received records from the Cameron County Clerk’s Office, the Honorable Judge Estela Chavez Vasquez has received electronic communication of a Notice of Appeal for an Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus: We also received notice, the initial response submitted for the reporter and clerk records was due on November 19, 2020, and […]
For TWO YEAR’s We Have Asked the City of Kyle HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT on Their Police Chief – The Answer?

It turns out, after two years of emailing the City of Kyle on how to file a complaint on the Police Chief and submitting a Ethics Committee complaint on the Police Chief, Jeffrey Blake Barnett, the answer was so simple. It turns out, per City of Kyle Police Department procedures, in their General Orders, signed […]
A Lawsuit Against Two Police Chiefs (Veterans Affairs and City of Kyle) Has New Movement

Well, the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division has proceeded with Ferrara v. Wallace, et al (5:20-cv-01128) The most recent component was an order by the Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Richard B. Farrer. He ordered the plaintiff to provide a “more definite statement.” Judge Farrer also laid out some […]
Custodial Death Report – Harlingen Police Department – AMENDED (2016)

Copied directly from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Custodial Death Report. “Officers responded to the decedent’s residence where he was to be arrested for Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon and Interference with an emergency call. While officers approached the decedent he made two gestures with his right arm, as he reached towards his back […]
Custodial Death Report – Harlingen Police Department – AMENDED (2015)

Copied directly from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Custodial Death Report. “Officers responded to a call at a local business where Mr. Ortiz was acting erratically and appeared to be under the influence of an unknown intoxicant. Mr. Ortiz was detained and became combative and aggressive. He was handcuffed and a hobble device placed around […]
Custodial Death Report – Harlingen Police Department – AMENDED (2018)

Copied directly from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Custodial Death Report. “Officers responded to 2921 South Expressway 77 in reference to a suspicious person. Officers located a male, later identified as Aaron Ruben Servellon, who appeared to be possibly suffering from excited delirium. According to responding Officers, Servellon was laying on the ground, convulsing, twitching, […]
Custodial Death Report – Ector County Sheriff’s Office

Copied directly from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Custodial Death Report. “On 11-20-2020 at 0226hrs, a ECSO Deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a 2002 Tan Chevy Silverado bearing TXLP-LLL2513, in the area of W. University and Mercedes, for a traffic related issues. The Deputy activated his emergency lights and siren in attempts […]
Custodial Death Report – Rockwall Police Department

Copied directly from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Custodial Death Report “On 10-30-20 at approximately 11:13pm, decedent Jose Ricardo Alonso, W/M, 03/18/2999 assaulted another member of his household at 489 Tubbs Rd, Rockwall, Tx 75032. Alonso fired a single round from a handgun striking the household member in the neck causing serious injury. Alonso fled […]