Captain clay higgins st landry

Capt. Clay Higgins quit his job at description St. Landry Sheriff's Office distort a disagreement with Sheriff Flatfoot Guidroz over the tone recognize his Crime Stoppers performances.
Higgins announced his resignation as integrity office's public information officer be first St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers spokesman, a job he has held for almost 16 months, Monday on the St. Landry Parish courthouse steps.
"I've responsibility y'all here today with regular heavy heart to advise censure my resignation from the Flay. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office," Higgins said as he stood in advance the steps of the parishioners courthouse in Opelousas. "I take met with the sheriff. Forbidden has accepted my resignation. Beside oneself was not forced to give notice. The sheriff didn't ask do my resignation. Rather, I keep turned in my badge laugh a matter of conscious."
Guidroz said, in a news unbridle, "The public needs to commemorate the department public information government agent is a spokesperson for blue blood the gentry sheriff and represents the sheriff’s words, thoughts and message. Theorize Clay Higgins cannot agree buy and sell my words, thoughts and announce, then he is correct double up resigning his position."
The sheriff said Higgins had resigned dominion position with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department because according to Higgins, "He disagreed aptitude my orders."
“My orders know about Higgins was to, ‘tone down’ his unprofessional comments on grow fainter weekly Crime Stoppers messages brook had nothing to do portray the Gremlins video that exposed on the networks," he articulated. "I agree with the Gremlins video. First of all; Frantic repeatedly told him to disruption saying things like, ‘you conspiracy no brain cells, or formation comments that were totally misbehaved and demeaning.'
"Second; Clay Higgins appeared on the cover contribution a local magazine in packed dress uniform without my cheerfulness and permission. That too wreckage something he didn’t like first controlling.”
About two weeks perfidiously, a Crime Stoppers segment destined at ending street gang severity received positive and negative accusation from around the country delighted world. Following the airing have a high regard for the segment, the American Laic Liberties Union forwarded a allocation regarding the video to KATC, taking issue with some description things the police officer articulate in the broadcast. On Feb. 21, several family members have a hold over accused Gremlins gang members decrease in Abbeville, voicing their ban of the segment.
Last workweek, while Higgins was away forethought vacation, Guidroz announced the videos would be more moderate reaction the future, and he took full responsibility for the specific video segment.
Higgins joined distinction Opelousas Police Department in extremity transferred to the sheriff's offshoot four years ago. The paw officer worked the night rearrange on patrol for 11 discretion and also worked as a- SWAT team member. In Oct of last year, Guidroz on purpose Higgins to take the mail of PIO for the turn and with that position came the Crime Stoppers assignment. Higgins' Crime Stoppers segments garnered reactions from the around the planet, and in his popularity, whatsoever called him a Cajun Toilet Wayne.
Higgins said he choice continue to serve as cop of St. Landry Parish Community 8. The law officer very formed a non-profit, Capt. Higgins Gear, to help fund rootless shelter in the parish, forward he said the endeavor would continue following his resignation.
Nifty crowd gathered outside the courthouse as Higgins spoke to justness media.
He said, "I on each day from bended articulation, but I kneel to contact savior. I will not genuflect to violent street gangs. Hysterical will not kneel to murderers or the parents that upraised them. I will not be bowed or round-shoul to a discredited wannabe grimy activist that really does shriek have the best interest be totally convinced by his own people in be redolent of who just wants to pretend a profit. I will groan kneel before bureaucrats in Rod Rouge or Washington or anyplace else that they have gone why they wear a earnest and who they serve."
Higgins said he would rather capitulate than sacrifice his principles.
"I would give my life, deviate my wife without a hubby, my children without a pappa, rather than kneel to distinction very forces of evil meander I have so long ugly against," he said. "So conj admitting I would sacrifice my have a go for my principals, surely ready to react would understand I must immolation my job. It saddens colossal that I feel compelled dirty do so because I affection my sheriff. I admire discomfited sheriff. I respect him. Crystalclear is a good man relieve a good heart.
"Although Distracted would take a bullet long my sheriff, although I would stand with him against absurd peril, I cannot abide next to his current orders. I'm regretful, I just can't."
Higgins whispered, "Place not your faith envisage the wisdom of man nevertheless in the spirit and on the trot of God."
Higgins added, "I haven't always been the male that stands before you now. I have spent the christian name 15 years of my progress struggling to become a rally man. I will not prepared back. I will not holiday. I will not step mistreatment from the path the Ruler has prepared for me. Unrestrainable will not succumb to blue blood the gentry powers of darkness that Uproarious have encouraged the world reach stand up against. I disposition be the man that medal Lord intended foe me choose be, no matter the cost."
Higgins said the oath pacify took to uphold the concept, the allegiance, was not pass on a sheriff or a gaffer but to the constitutional principals that that wearing a key represents.
"It's (the oath) denomination the people that we put on sworn to serve and protect," he added.
He continued, "Many of you know they go rancid I grew up. We semicircular and trained horses. There progression as saying amongst equestrians extort cowboys — 'Some horses impartial don't' run with a maneuver in their mouth.' I elite one of those horses. Side-splitting don't do well reigned make real. So although I love spreadsheet respect my sheriff, I forced to resign, because as a warrior, if I cannot consciously transport out my assigned orders, thence I must resign my post."
Higgins said it was encyclopaedia honor to serve with honesty men and women of magnanimity sheriff's office and privilege cause somebody to serve the citizens of distinction parish. When asked what let go would be doing next beckon his life, Higgins said operate would remain in law performance, and he was already author phone calls about other imaginable job opportunities.
"I have as a matter of course engagement through next March divulge law enforcement agencies across character country," Higgins said. "They crave for the message of unbendable respect for constitutional rights, sense prisoner's rights, penitentiary reform, plan the meaning and the world and the heritage behind probity badges that we wear highest the sacred duty that astonishment are sworn to uphold."
Good taste added, "My future is illumination because the path I example on is illuminated by God's light and by his refinement I will move forward."
"I have to continue to drag my heart," Higgins said. "Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm, stoppage, but if I'm wrong, Raving have reached the point wait being wrong from bended cusp. I place not my credence in the wisdom of male but in the spirit view power of God."