The advocacy group says they've submitted signatures to repeal Civil Service Status for San Marcos police.
SAN MARCOS, Texas — New fallout from a deadly crash involving a former San Marcos police officer has an advocacy group one step closer to justice., along with his victims' fight for justice and changes to police policy in San Marcos.
“ 143 helps prohibit law enforcement officers who break the law from being held accountable,” Martinez said.According to Martinez, they're doing this work for Jennifer Miller and others like her. Miller was hit and killed by Hartman in 2020 when he ran a stop sign. According to Martinez, the now-San Marcos police chief said due to civil service status, they could not hold Hartman accountable because it had been more than 180 days since the accident. There’s a statute of limitations on internal investigations for officers in the San Marcos.“We knew that we needed to remove it so that way our community could hold officers accountable for when law enforcement decides to break the law,” Martinez said.
Increasing public transparency for personnel files, saying documented misconduct should be available for supervising officers and the communityEnd vacation forfeiture as a substitute for suspension, which lets officers preserve seniority and promotion advantages when they are disciplined for misconduct“Rather than crumbs, we would take the whole loaf ... and the whole loaf is civil service removal,” Martinez said.
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