Ninety warrants on file? Really?
Sure enough - that many, huh?
The information on this case is one of 90 obtained by The Legendary after a confusing and time-consuming public information act request. It is of some interest to We The People.
__________ __________ is a foreign national from Mexico. He is believed to be in Bosque County, a fugitive from a McLennan County arrest warrant. Then, again, he may be in Mexico. ¿Quien sabe? Apparently, the Warrants Division of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office intends to let someone else find out by relying on the happenstance that any peace officer - anywhere, any time - will serve the warrant, inter alia and unaided, on the accused murderer wherever they may find him. – The Legendary
Waco – After reading of wildly differing numbers of inter alia arrest warrants filed in the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, The Legendary Investigative Reporter R.S. Gates made a pulic information request about the matter.
When the information was finally obtained, it revealed a database of 90 such arrest warrants – not the number of 400 to 500 mentioned by retired U.S. Deputy Marshall Parnell McNamara, a challenger for the GOP nomination for McLennan County Sheriff, or the “thousands” termed by Chief Deputy Randy Plemons, an incumbent defender of the status quo who is vying for the nomination.
The upshot of the backshot is confusing, to say the least. Try to make sense of it - if you will.
The information on this case is one of 90 obtained by The Legendary after a confusing and time-consuming public information act request. It is of some interest to We The People.
__________ __________ is a foreign national from Mexico. He is believed to be in Bosque County, a fugitive from a McLennan County arrest warrant. Then, again, he may be in Mexico. ¿Quien sabe? Apparently, the Warrants Division of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office intends to let someone else find out by relying on the happenstance that any peace officer - anywhere, any time - will serve the warrant, inter alia and unaided, on the accused murderer wherever they may find him. – The Legendary
Waco – After reading of wildly differing numbers of inter alia arrest warrants filed in the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, The Legendary Investigative Reporter R.S. Gates made a pulic information request about the matter.
When the information was finally obtained, it revealed a database of 90 such arrest warrants – not the number of 400 to 500 mentioned by retired U.S. Deputy Marshall Parnell McNamara, a challenger for the GOP nomination for McLennan County Sheriff, or the “thousands” termed by Chief Deputy Randy Plemons, an incumbent defender of the status quo who is vying for the nomination.
The upshot of the backshot is confusing, to say the least. Try to make sense of it - if you will.
TO: Larry Lynch (McLennan County Sheriff)
Requester makes application for and requests access to the following information.
Information related to the total number of outstanding criminal warrants on cases initiated by the McLennan County Sheriffs’ Department.
Information related to the total number of outstanding criminal warrants which the McLennan County Sheriffs’ Office is responsible for entering into a warrant database whether said warrants were entered or not.
Paul Wash, Captain McLennan County Sheriff's Office (254)757-5112 paul.wash@co.mclennan.tx.us
----- Original Message -----
From: R.S. Gates
To: 'Paul Wash'
Cc: 'Larry Lynch' ; 'Chief Deputy Randy Plemons (McLennan Co.Sheriff's Office)'
From: Paul Wash [mailto:paul.wash@co.mclennan.tx.us] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:42 AM To: rsgates@gmail.com Cc: Mike Dixon; Larry Lynch; Chief Deputy Randy Plemons (McLennan Co.Sheriff's Office) Subject: Re: Public informaiton act request
In order to clarify your request, are you asking for the information related to our local warrants database? Also, based on the wording of your second request, it would seem that we would need to focus on a particular time period. If I'm reading that correctly, what time frame would you like to request?
After receiving your response regarding these clarifications, we will notify you of any specific programming required, if necessary, to fulfill your request.
Paul Wash, Captain McLennan County Sheriff's Office (254)757-5112 paul.wash@co.mclennan.tx.us
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:34 AM
Subject: RE: Public informaiton act request
Paul,
Sorry for the confusion. The request is only for the total number of outstanding arrest warrants as of the date of the request. I read quotes in the paper about the number of calls for service and thought tracking the total number of outstanding arrest warrants might be a management function tracked as a normal course of business. You are not required to answer an interrogatory such as “How many outstanding warrants are there?”
If this is not a matter of concern which is tracked as a normal course of business, please advise that is the case. If it is tracked, please provide the most recent report of outstanding arrest warrants.
Thank you,
R.S. Gates
Thank you,
R.S. Gates rsgates@gmail.com
From: Paul Wash Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 3:55 PM To: rsgates@gmail.com Cc: 'Larry Lynch'; 'Chief Deputy Randy Plemons (McLennan Co.Sheriff's Office)'; Tamma Willis Subject: Re: Public informaiton act request
A hard-copy version of the report is available for inspection at our Records window. If you choose to purchase the print-out, the cost is $2.70. (Worth every penny, no doubt! - The Legendary)
Paul Wash, Captain McLennan County Sheriff's Office
The reply. I’ll try to pick up the info tomorrow.
R.S. Gates
A man would have to put his soul at hazard
He'd have to be willing to say, "OK, I'll be part of this world."
Texas Attorney General Opinion
ReplyDeletehttps://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/openrecords/49cornyn/ord/2000/htm/ord20000664.htm
A governmental body must release public information not excepted from required disclosure under the Public Information Act promptly. The prompt release of information requires release as soon as possible under the circumstances, that is, within a reasonable time, without delay. Section 552.221(d) does not entitle a governmental body automatically to withhold for ten business days public information not excepted from disclosure.
Amen. - The Legendary
ReplyDeleteSo where are all the warrants that Plemons admitted were sitting in a file cabinet? Since Honest Randy would never tell a lie, I would have to assume that subversives within his department have hidden the "thousands" of cold case warrants he said existed. And who is Captain Paul Wash? Is he another one of the battle hardened administrators in the Sheriff's Office? Are there any actual law enforcement officers in the Sheriff's Office? Everyone seems to be an administrator.
ReplyDeleteLynch, Plemons, and Wash are all "administrators" who have never been true law enforcement officers, and have no real law enforcement experience. They should only be allowed to carry pens in their holster, so they don't shoot themselves like Captain Kolinek did.
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