His messages dissed the gang members and caused vapors with the ACLU. Update to this previous story.
Via KLFY:
Captain Clay Higgins has resigned from the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
His announcement came during an impromptu press conference this morning in front of the St. Landry Parish Courthouse.
The popular public information officer’s resignation comes after a controversial video was made about the “Gremlins” gang.
Higgins said his decision was reached after Sheriff Bobby Guidroz gave him orders he could not follow.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz explained, in a statement to the media, the direction he gave the former public information officer:
“My orders to Higgins was to, ‘tone down’ his unprofessional comments on our weekly Crime Stoppers messages and had nothing to do with the Gremlins video that appeared on the networks. I agree with the Gremlins video. First of all; I repeatedly told him to stop saying things like, ‘you have no brain cells, or making comments that were totally disrespectful and demeaning. Second; Clay Higgins appeared on the cover of a local magazine in full dress uniform without my approval and permission. That too is something he didn’t like me controlling.”
Guidroz also said it was his duty to ensure all messages from his office to the public be “professional, on point, and truthful.”