Tiny Texas town that had one cop for every five residents fires its police chief

Tiny Texas town that had one cop for every five residents fires its police chief

The tiny Texas town of Coffee City has fired its police chief after he hired a massive police force that accounted for one officer for every five residents.MySanAntonio reports that the Coffee City Council fired JohnJay Portillo after it was revealed that he hired 50 officers to police a town of just 250 people -- and that many of those officers were fired from previous law enforcement jobs for misconduct.Residents had been complaining for month…