In an interview, Russell King said he and his wife Myra were driving home near Haslet on April 23 when he saw two pickups that appeared to be racing behind him.
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I don't know about Texas, but around here I see all kinds of unmarked pickups sporting flashing lights behind the grill and driven by cops, sometimes in uniform but most of the time in street clothes.
While I'm not sure what Macon County Sheriff deputies make, I saw an article in the paper a few weeks ago where Lafayette PD hired a new patrol officer for a whopping $16.50 an hour. If they can't afford to pay their cops a better wage than that, they probably can't afford to buy new cars either, finding it much cheaper just to give their detectives and senior officers an allowance to use their POVs.
