16 Arlington cops give up police licenses to avoid criminal charges
ARLINGTON -- Five Arlington police officers indicted on charges of falsely reporting traffic stops had their cases dismissed this week in exchange for permanently surrendering their state peace officer licenses, according to court records.
Eleven other officers involved in the investigation had previously agreed to surrender their licenses so that their cases would not go before a grand jury, said Sam Jordan, spokeswoman for the Tarrant County district attorneys office.
They will never be able to be peace officers in Texas again, Jordan said of the 16 officers, who made up about 3 percent of the citys 600 officers.
Lt. Chris Cook, police spokesman, said the department was notified Tuesday that the cases had been dismissed and that none of the officers are still employed by the department.
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