"Not a shock": Trinidad mayor reacts to shuttering of city's police department

The mayor of Trinidad says he's not surprised to see the local police department shut down by the state, months after controversial arrests brought the small Texas town into a national spotlight.Trinidad Police Department disbanded"It was not a shock. I’m not gonna say that it was."Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws received a letter from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement last week telling him the state was revoking the city's license to have its own police department.The Trinidad Police Department employs five full-time officers and several part-time officers.TCOLE said the Trinidad Police Department "failed to meet minimum standards" and "was unable to provide evidence that the agency provides public benefit to the community."While Haws said he wasn't surprised to see the department shut down, he was surprised by just how many issues the investigation found within the Trinidad Police Department.The investigation found Trinidad Police didn't have 18 required policies in place, including