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Sergeant placed on leave after ‘use of force incident’ at Rains County Jail

By Michael Garcia,

23 days ago

EMORY, Texas ( KETK ) – The Rains County Sheriff’s Office said a sergeant has been placed on administrative leave after a “use of force incident” happened at the Rains County Jail on Sept. 4.

The “incident” reportedly involved a Rains County Jail inmate and is currently under investigation by the Texas Rangers.

Rains County Sheriff Michael Hopkins said the sheriff’s office will do an internal compliance investigation of the case after the Texas Rangers complete their investigation.

The sergeant involved has been put on administrative leave while the investigations are underway as per policy. The sheriff’s office said that no other information will be released until the investigations are complete.

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Ivan Bergman

23d ago

Well Rains County is now doing something. I have had trouble with Rains County for a long time now and they need to be held accountable for the shit that they do. An internal investigation needs to be from the sheriff all the way down and actions need to be taken.

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