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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Texas police department disbanded after arresting mom who criticized local drinking water on social media

A Texas police department that arrested a woman for complaining about contaminated drinking water has been ordered to disband after the state found it “failed to meet minimum standards.”

Last month, state officials began investigating the Trinidad Police Department, around 70 miles south of Dallas, after Jennifer Combs was arrested for felony false alarm in May. The mom had made a Facebook post that claimed bacteria in the city’s water pipes had sent residents to the hospital, Fox 4 reported.

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