Below is the audio from an impromptu, late-night interview with the Dallas police official who seemed to be in charge of the post-raid cleanup at the Audie Murphy VFW. He provides some basic facts about this latest police incursion and some insight into how our local games are seen by the men sent to the front lines of the War on Poker:
Deputy Chief J.A. Bernal / Vice and Narcotics – 4/15/07
Dallas Police Department
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ALT HED: Beyond the Crime Scene
- Vice unit does more gambling busts than SWAT
- Citizen complaints on one end, DA\’s office on the other
- Two weeks of investigation nets search warrant for 70+ misdemeanors
- Should Dallas expect more busts? \”Absolutely\”
- Oops! Asking the second-highest ranking officer in the DPD if he is a \”sergeant\”
- One person had some outstanding drug charges
- Police found a small amount of methamphetamine at the VFW
- TABC was also there … found violations in VFW pool hall/bar next door
- No federal involvement (yet) but investigation continues after takedown … relevant info forwarded to the IRS
- \”hard-working normal citizens, average everyday working joes\” (6:35)
- No weapons — just ask Curtis