Former Bangs police chief sentenced to probation

[TexasTowelie]

BANGS, Texas - The one-time Bangs police chief who had one of his officers remodeling his home while the officer should have been on patrol has been sentenced to probation, court records show.

Troy Grusendorf, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of abuse of official capacity in a Brown County court Nov. 24. District Judge Stephen Ellis sentenced Grusendorf to five years’ deferred adjudication and a $1,500 fine.

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During an investigation into allegations of misconduct involving Grusendorf, Bangs Mayor Eric Bishop previously had said that on one occasion, Grusendorf had an officer drive him in a police car to the Home Depot in Brownwood. On the way back, they received a call for service in Bangs, but Grusendorf ordered the officer to ignore the call and drive him home instead.

After discovering that the city apparently was paying to have Grusendorf’s home remodeled, Bishop said he turned the investigation over to the Texas Rangers.

Read more: http://www.reporternews.com/news/local-news/crime/former-bangs-police-chief-sentenced-to-probation_31558341
(Abilene Reporter-News)

[font color=green]For taking advantage of the public dole, the chief is no longer on the public dole.[/font]

[Socal31]

1. I know a retired officer....

He said they used to go drink in TJ on the clock..haha.

Now all the PDs around here use GPS to monitor the cars....much harder to horse around.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Good move to use GPS.

Some of these smaller police departments should consider the same considering the potential for abuse.

Quite frankly I would be afraid to ride around south of the border in an American police car. That's asking for trouble being in a target like that.

[Socal31]

3. This was many years ago in detective sedans...

But yea these days the monitoring can prevent all sorts of abuse of public financed squad cars and gasoline...

[LeftInTX]

4. Texas has some interesting town names