BEAUMONT, Texas — The district attorney’s office in Orange County will not pursue a case against an Orange County constable accused of pulling a gun at his home in front of children and threatening suicide in late November….
… “We are refusing the case,” Krsipen Walker, an Orange County assistant district attorney, told 12News Friday morning.
“No evidence exists that he threatened anyone other than himself that night,” Walker said on Friday. …
… Ortego’s ex-wife had told police that Ortego had threatened to shoot her daughter and other children who were at the home according to the Vidor Police report.
Ok so I’m all for not punishing someone who has a breakdown, and wants to kill themselves. It’s a good thing to treat people in these circumstances with care, and not just throw them in prison.
HOWEVER. This isn’t just a private citizen. This is a police officer. He should be held to a higher standard? Pulling your service weapon while not in a situation calling for it is a violation of their code of conduct, regardless if he was on duty or off. So at the very least He should be sat at a desk for a good long while.
He should have been on a 72 hour hold-and-assess immediately following the incident. Same for anyone who pulls a weapon on unarmed and not aggressive people. Clearly something is broken in someone who resorts to pulling a gun on someone for no reason.
In this case, it wasn’t just him either. It was his wife and kids he was threatening.