Error may leave 18 Liberty County Sheriffs Deputies without job [Video]

LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas — After nearly two years on the job, 18 Liberty County Deputies could lose their licenses through no fault of their own.

 “They’re being told basically, that their careers are over because somebody else screwed up,” said Kevin Lawrence Executive Director of the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA).

For six years, College of the Mainland and the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office have partnered to educate future law enforcement officers.

However, 18 deputies are now possibly losing their licenses after records were not kept correctly.

“Now the LEO (law enforcement officers) sign(ed) into class and the date, but it didn’t have at the top what the course was, so TCOLE didn’t know what course was taught that day. They didn’t know what to give credit …