August 21, 2009 9:19 AM

Semi-Naked and Semi-Automatic: Cops Busted for Busty Stunt

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Edecio Martinez
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(AP Photo/Midland County Sheriff)
An unidentified waitress at Twin Peaks Restaurant and Bar posses for a photo in Round Rock, Texas, Aug. 10, 2009.

MIDLAND, Texas (CBS/AP) An embarrassed Sheriff Gary Painter fired one Midland County deputy and suspended three others without pay after a scantily dressed waitress holding a rifle posed for photographs on the trunk of a patrol vehicle.

Round Rock officers were dispatched to the restaurant after someone reported the waitress with the weapon, which had been given to her by one of the deputies who had been attending a training session near Austin.

The incident occurred last week in the parking lot of a Twin Peaks Restaurant and Bar, which promotes its "fun, friendly and sometimes flirty atmosphere!"

The deputies told Painter that they had about three to five beers each.

A fifth deputy who remained inside the eatery got a letter of reprimand.

More At The Midland Reporter-Telegram


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by traffic101 August 25, 2009 9:24 AM EDT
This is blown out of proportion! No wonder the cops are all so stressed out. This was just a silly photograph! Big deal! Can't the cops have fun and kid around every now & then. OK...yeah, they are suppose to be setting an example & be at a certain standard. Me? I don't think it was wrong....now, if they were drinking on the job, i think that was a no no! I also don't feel sorry for the thugs they punch out after they catch them on a high speed chase, etc. They deserve it!
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by endurorob August 24, 2009 8:18 AM EDT
Were they on duty? Were they all driving offocial vehicles? Were they all drinking/drunk. Give me some specifics here.
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by mr.tarver August 24, 2009 4:52 AM EDT
All I want to know is what the HELL are they doing out in a police vechicle drinking. Now if i go out and drink and drive thats my ass. So how did they get back to the station. Some one talk to me.
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by babooph August 24, 2009 1:45 AM EDT
"Semi-naked"?Somebody does not get out much anymore.
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by caseynethercott August 23, 2009 11:18 PM EDT
Typical corupt immature texas cops why dont they just fire all of them that are croocked unamerican and fat. OOOPPS that damn near all of them..
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by bluedenmant August 23, 2009 10:53 PM EDT
All I know is if I had "three to five beers" and then proceeded to drive and was pulled over, I'd be in the pokey so fast it would make one's head spin...
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by tincup356 August 23, 2009 8:13 PM EDT
If Midland Texas was so worried about their reputation,,,,they need to take down the highway sign on I-20 that praises Midland as the proud home of G.W. and Laura Bush. I don't think ANY city should be proud of ANY politician, from EITHER party right now,BOTH parties are to blame for ALL our economic problems,,,due to their love affair with corporate America and its LOBBY DOLLAR. Sheriff Painter is is just another puppet of the local political parties who spends more time chasing around praising the endless, failed war on drugs,,,,when in fact Midland has a bigger family violence problem that is left much unattended,,,,,so this seems kind of stupid in the first place, the deputies did NOT break any laws, just offended the sheriff. This is local knowledge , I'm local.
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by TwinPeaker August 22, 2009 9:20 AM EDT
Hey Mrs Spam - I guess you wont be visiting a Twin Peaks anytime soon. LOL. If you think that was scandalous - visit the Twin Peaks Insider blog - the unofficial over the top web site for Twin Peaks fans. http://twinpeaker.wordpress.com

Amen
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by RealityChecker2 August 21, 2009 11:07 PM EDT
Come on people, if this had been some little girl petting a cute little kitten in her lap with a basket of flowers by her side, you would have said that it was a nice photo op for the local police, and how wonderful it was of them to take the time to let the little girtake a picture on the back of the squad car. The fact of the matter is that the few seconds involved with the taking of this picture, did not interfere with the duties of the officers. Unless this is a really old squad car and police force, they probably were able to maintain communication with their dispatchers. They could have just as well been eating Dunkin Donuts. By the way, would that be bad too? In the next few minutes, they could have been called to risk their lives and responded. Would you???? Kudos to the lucky cops.
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by thesevenveils August 21, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
What is wrong with this picture? Nothing. What was wrong with the person that reported this waitress getting photographed? Plenty, First off why was this person there if pretty women offended him/her? And what is so wrong or strange about anyone holding a gun in Texas? Guns and pretty girls goes together like peanut butter and jelly.

And what is so wrong about some sheriffs having a few beers? Technically they are off the clock for lunch and supper breaks.
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