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Temple Police Officer Assaulted
A Temple police officer was recovering Monday after a weekend altercation in which he suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries.
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(May 12, 2008)- A Temple man is charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer after a Temple police officer was attacked just after 11 p.m. Saturday.
Sgt. Gary Smith stopped 47-year-old Barry Garrett while Garrett was walking in the middle of the road in the 600 block of S. MLK Drive, police said.
When Sgt. Smith found out Garrett was named in an outstanding arrest warrant, he tried to arrest the man but police said Garrett resisted and started to hit Smith.
Smith shoulder was dislocated early in the struggle, but police say Garrett continued to strike the injured officer, using a board, sticks and other weapons.
The struggle went from the street into the Cedar creek Lounge, through the bar and out into the back alley before other Temple police officers arrived to help.
Garrett was arrested.
Sgt. Smith was taken to a Scott & White Emergency Room where he was treated for a cut to the head, a dislocated shoulder and bruises and scratches before being released.
Garrett was treated at the scene of the crime for chemical irritation from pepper spray.
He remains in the Bell County Jail.
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Dang all the crime that is going on in Killeen you would think their officers would be out there patrolling on booking someone instead of always commenting...Madmax! By the way I have plenty of time to comment cause I am at work and I work on a computer, for those who might be wondering! By the way I have plenty of time to comment cause I am at work and I work on a computer, for those who might be wondering!
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well madder max, you dont know. You were not there. You can not depcit someones emotions if you were not present during the altercation. Maybe he was, maybe he wasnt. Most people do get a sense of nervousness when the police are present. Espically if they know that they have a warrant. But its cowardly of you to poke fun at a situation that you know absoutly nothing about. If you werent there then dont say anything about it....
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Yeah Madmax, shouldnt you be protecting the community? or maybe hiding behind some trees waiting for some one to forget their blinker? i appreciate most police officers that actually protect citizens, and not harrass about stupid things when they are bored. Garrett was probably just scared since a few days earlier, a brotha of his had been beat up on camera by a bunch of coppers.
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