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Monday, June 23, 2025

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Monday, June 23, 2025

DPS Tooper who arrested Sandra Bland was warned about his “unprofessional conduct” in 2014

Texas DPS graduating class taking the oath of Courtesy, Service, Protection.
Texas DPS graduating class taking the oath of Courtesy, Service, Protection.

The Texas trooper who arrested a black woman later found hanged to death in jail was warned about his “unprofessional conduct” in 2014, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.

The traffic stop escalated into a verbal altercation when Encinia asked Bland to put out a cigarette and she refused. Bland was arrested and charged with assaulting an officer.

The Associated Press said it had obtained Encinia’s personnel file through a public records request.

In an evaluation of his work in September and October 2014, a supervisor noted Encinia had received “written counseling for unprofessional conduct … for an incident occurring while at a school in Austin,” the AP said, adding that the document provided no additional information.

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