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From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Denton constable accused of soliciting child sex

A Texas law enforcement officer was jailed on $100,000 bond after allegedly trying to solicit sex with a child.

Police arrested Larry Dale Floyd, 62, the elected constable in Denton County's Precinct 2, near a restaurant Thursday.

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This is slightly different from my usual cop-watch posts in that this guy's pedophilia probably doesn't have anything to do with police culture, which seems to be a factor in most of the police abuse and corruption cases I've read about. Pedophiles come from all walks of life, and police are not immune simply because they are police, and that's the point: cops are human beings, just like everybody else, and are consequently subject to all the foibles and frailties that plague the entire human race. Police culture, however, seems to implicitly mandate a sense of superiority among the men in blue--the so-called "code of silence," which excuses the vilest of behavior when performed by brother officers, is but one example of many. Cops are every bit as capable of immoral and illegal acts as criminals are, and mainstream society must not only acknowledge this fact, but it must also factor this information into the way that police departments are managed and run. Otherwise, expect more of the same.

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