Wednesday, November 13, 2019

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND A WILLINGNESS TO ACT CARRY THE DAY

by Bob Walsh

This happened at a Houston area jewelry store in the last couple of days. The owner was in the back watching a football game. A female employee was out front. She buzzed the door to allow a customer in. However, the customer opened the door all the way, put his foot in the door, and dialed his cell phone. She immediately knew something was up so she yelled at the owner and got the hell out of the way.

Four men rushed in with hammers and started breaking cases. The owner opened fire thru the mirrored glass in his office, hitting two of the robbers, who all beat feet pretty much immediately.

All four were captured shortly after. One was hit in the hand, another in the ass.

I wonder how good prison medical care is in Texas?

EDITOR'S NOTE: The bottom of the MD barrel. It has been reported that many of the TDC doctors have had their medical licenses revoked or are otherwise unlicensed.

2 comments:

Trey Rusk said...

I the old days TDC used former Army Medics (Prisoners) for things such as heart conditions, cancer and small wounds needing care. They also had pill dispensers (Prisoners) that dispensed meds to people who stood in line for an hour or so each morning.

Prisoners died all the time. There were no autopsies unless trauma was found. A local elected Justice of the Peace would come out and declare them dead and maybe eat lunch.

The entire TDC was self sufficient through farming and the Prison Rodeo.

There were seldom any problems between staff and prisoners. Every order you gave a trustee was repeated back to you followed by Yes sir, Boss.

I learned a lot about life the year I worked there. It was an awful place and I knew that I never wanted to be incarcerated.

Joe Walker was my Warden and the son in law of George Beto. He was the youngest Warden in the state. W.J. Estelle ran TDC. He mean 't what he said. Good man.

Dave Freeman said...

Wayne Estelle was my warden at the California Men's Colony when I started there with CDC (no R back then) in 1989. He was by far the best I ever worked for.