BRENHAM POLICE OFFICER SUSPENDED AFTER ARREST
Brenham Police Officer David Bessera has been suspended after his public intoxication arrest Thursday night.
Reports from the Brenham police department say that a woman saw Bessera sitting in his car in the Bluebonnet Shopping Center Thursday evening at 7:30pm. She came over to check on him because he appeared ill. He was also playing his radio very loud. Police officer David Dudenhoeffer determined he was intoxicated and took him into custody for the misdemeanor .
A police department spokesperson says Bessera is under suspension pending an internal affairs investigation. Bessera had just finished his field training and had been with the police department for less than a year.
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If it was any of us citizens of Washington county it would have been a dwi, not a petty public intoxication charge.
Why should a police officer be above the law?
I think it’s great that it was broadcasted . Think thst it should be public and let everyone know.
A couple of weeks ago there was an article from The Spectator that said no comments that reflected on a servant would be posted in comments section. I know this article is not comment section but why do we need to know that this officer got arrested for PI when y’all don’t report every other citizens arrest for PI. Horrible for KWHI to do this kinda selective reporting
The Brenham Police Department chooses what cases to share with the news media. If we know about something specific, we can ask them for that information. Otherwise, they are the ones filtering what is reported by the local news media. Several years ago I asked both the Brenham Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Department to report every DWI arrest and DUI arrest to us so we could not be accused of playing favorites. I doubt that is happening. Do I think the average public intoxication charge is newsworthy? Probably not. However, the public intoxication arrest of someone serving the public in law enforcement, emergency services, or even in a government position is newsworthy. I believe every news organization in America would agree with that.
So, you would prefer this to be “covered up”?