Blowhard-in-a-Hat Sheriff
Days after an inmate in the Tarrant County jail gave birth to a child while alone in her cell, the jail lost its state certification. The incident was after State investigators concluded that jail employees failed to conduct required observation checks and an inmate committed suicide while in custody.
Surprised that the nation’s 15th largest county had lost a state jail certification? Tarrant County Commissioners were too when they learned about the loss of certification from news reports instead of from Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn.
Unfortunately, Waybourn’s gross mismanagement of the Tarrant County jail is no surprise. Waybourn was elected Sheriff in 2016 and has regularly been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Once, he even shot himself after failing to properly clear the chamber in a handgun – while conducting training for concealed carry licensing.
From negligent oversight of the county jail to a national outcry after racially insensitive remarks made at the Trump White House, Waybourn has turned Tarrant County’s law enforcement division into a taxpayer-funded political operation focused on divisive, racially-charged ideological issues instead of keeping Tarrant County residents safe.
Read more: https://lonestarproject.net/2020/06/16/blowhard-in-a-hat-sheriff/
