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Here are several items that would probably deserve full blog posts each if I had time:Do we need constables in the 21st century?The Amarillo Globe News renews a debate we've had here on Grits: Do we need constables in the modern era? Personally I think that in larger cities, especially, these obscure offices have seen mission creep and expansion of duties that is both risky and redundant for these smallish, typically less professional agencies.Trusties and contrabandMike Ward at the Statesman has a story on contraband smuggling via loosely guarded TDCJ "trusty camps," following up on an incident where a Sugarland inmate went to Walmart on a shopping excursion.7-year sentence for prison guard who murdered co-workerTwo remarkable recent crime stories involving prison guards merit note: In Hale County a former prison guard was convicted and sentenced to seven years for murdering a former prison co-worker in what was described as an act of "sudden passion...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 25, 2010 (boomark / email).