Police chief criticizes Dewhurst's 'border surge' proposal
McALLEN, December 7 - McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez does not have a high opinion of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s proposal that DPS implement a permanent “surge” operation along the border.
Rodriguez said he believes the Department of Public Safety has interjected itself into border security matters in recent years simply to get more funding and flashy equipment.
“The largest benefactor of funds through all of this rhetoric on border violence has been DPS. If you are them you continue the rhetoric so they (the Legislature) keeps buying you stuff and you keep getting money for your agency,” Rodriguez told the Guardian.
“They (DPS) are not the local agency. They have not taken into account the concerns and needs of the local communities and they are not integrated into the local communities. I hate to tell them this but the border is not 40 miles north of here, where you find all the troopers basically patrolling the highways in and out. That is not the border.”
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