It seems that valley officers are getting poor training these days as there are so many officers making their own laws.

As a former officer i know that there is a communication with the media as to when to record incidents. I know that the media is aware that they need to record incidents from a safe distance. Victor Castillo was in front of the fire truck, which is in the crime scene. All Victor had to do is move and then after the story he could complain with the officers supervisor. He tried to show the officer that he knew Chief Longoria by trying to call him while at the scene. That shows you that he thinks he could do anything because he knows the a high member of the police department.

I have seen this type of police action twice in my adult life. I was coming out of a venue in Harlingen 2 weeks ago, and a Harlingen Police Officer just had to arrest someone, I guess it was something on his agenda. We were walking to our vehicles, and this patrol car comes over and accuses my friend of "pissing in pubic", and swore he had seen him do it. He searched and searched for quite some time, until I could no longer take anymore, and asked him why he was doing it. In the end, the officer had no merit to be harassing us, but did so in the most offending manner. Even when I asked for his police chief's name, he yelled it back is if in the same manner this officer in the video did, with no regard for us as human beings. I say this should be pursued, I felt as if the cop in HGN was my principal, and I was back in high school being told to shut up. I am so glad I had my say, and he will remember my pretty face. He even called in another officer, and in the end, both drove off, with nothing other than a wounded ego, this lady had had enough. I hope these officers are taught that after everything, we are human beings, and bleed the same color as they do. They are not supposed to be abusive of their power.

THIS REPORTER WAS TRYING TO COVER AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF A "CRIME SCENE". IF HE WAS SMART ENOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. WHAT IS FUNNY TO ME IS THAT HE ONLY SHOWS VIDEO OF WHAT HE WANTED EVERYONE TO SEE. HOW MANY TIMES WAS HE ASKED TO MOVE? AND HE FAILED TO DO SO.. NOW, HOW SMART IS IT FOR YOU MR. REPORTER, TO VIDEO THE OFFICERS/INVESTIGATORS FACES AND SHOW THEM IN NATIONAL TELEVISON; WHEN YOU KNOW THESE MEN AND WOMEN RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN FROM DRUG DELEARS AND OTHER CRIMINALS. I AM A MOTHER OF TWO, AND YES! I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY MOODY COPS TOO, BUT ALWAYS SHOWED RESPECT REGARDLESS, BECAUSE I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE THE STRESS THAT THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES GO THRU KNOWING THAT WHEN THEY WALKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE THE DAY THAT A CRIMINAL WOULD TRY TO KILL HIM. IT IS SAD THAT POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR CITIES DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THEIR EFFORTS, SPECIALLY WITH SITUATION ACCROSS THE BORDER. SO DEAR REPORTERS OF THE VALLEY STICK TO THE REAL NEWS AND OUT WITH THE DRAMA.. CAUSE WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL WHEN YOU NEED HELP?? COPS. GIVE RESPECT TO RECEIVE RESPECT.
SONIA FROM MISSION, TEXAS

Victor, estamos contigo, asi suele suceder, a quienes deben amonestar por que en realidad estan violando la ley no lo hacen...sabemos que tu haces fielmente tu trabajo...y eso sera recompensando...
un abrazooooo

I was a cop for a number of years including time in an FBI Gang Task Force. Did we have reporters trying to cover stories who we did not want around? Yes we did but we did not abuse our power like this officer. "Failure to Identify?" Give me a brake! "Interfering with Public Duties?" So wrong! Shame on his superiors who allowed the sham to continue by filing different charges. I have been on high speed chases and yes the adrenaline is pumping like crazy but the officers must remain calm. This officer went out of his way to harass this reporter. I do not know this reporter or officer but was made aware of this story by a friend. For the reader who made mention of speeding reporters - how is this relevant? It is not. It is a simple case of a cop who lost his cool and a reporter paying the price for doing his job in a correct manner. I think the mayor needs to get involved, along with the State's Attorney/District Attorney and correct the injustice that is now on this reporter's record. Not all cops have the John Wayne syndrome so please don't lump all cops in the same category as this one. Perhaps he is a good one but if he is, he needs to be a man and correct what he has done, along with his department. Who am I and why am I not a cop anymore? Bad back and neck due to duty related injuries. I am now a College Dean working on my Ph.D. so I do know what I am talking about. No I wasn't there on this day but I have been there on many other occasions.

Was the officer fired for his misconduct?

Víctor Hugo
Sabes que tienes el apoyo, porque lo que ocurrió fue una injusticia, simplemente estás haciendo tu trabajo, lo que amas hacer y no es justo que personas tan prepotentes que no dudaría ni un segundo por como están las cosas actualmente que algo quería esconder y como se comenta en la nota que esa noticia no querían que saliera a la luz.

Como me comentaste son gajes del oficio y por lo mismo vas a estar en nuestras oraciones para que todo se resuelva y que solamente quede en una mala experiencia.
Tienes todo el apoyo!!!
Y Dios te va a sacar adelante de este mal sueño.
Te mando muchos saludos
Y todo se resolverá

If the officer from the beginning has a sarcastic approach, while, lets say pulling over someone for speeding or for whatever reason. Approach with Professionalism and Respect 95% of the time the person you pull over is going to cooperate. You give the attitude your going to get attitude too. Just because we the citizens do not wear a uniform does not mean we too do not deserve repect too.

Okay, I have nothing against officers, but yes, most officers here in the valley do take there job a little over the edge. I have a brother who is an officer and I can see once in a while his ignorance of a cop comes along. I love my brother and he is well educated but it is just something cops have. Well we all did see the video and we all have been giving our thoughts to it. But the question NOBODY has answered is WHY the Officer does not want to be recorded. I understand the officer telling him to move, but all Mr. Castillo said was please don't talk to me like that and he was moving back and putting his equipment away, but NOoooo the officer had to be such an A****** and treat him wrong. Were was the chief of police or someone else above this good cop. Why did the police charge him with other different charges. Mr. Castillo never said I am not moving and he was moving back and even putting his equipment away. So what seemed to be the problem? I hope this case goes to court fast and this cop gets his share of embarrasment. I am sorry Mr. Castillo you went through this. OH and for why other news media not getting involved, well that just comes to see how other news media are cowards but thankyou for the News Media that recorded when Mr. Castillo was been arrested. If you see the officer leaves but then decides to come back and arrest him. Just because he gigled and asked Please dont talk to me like that? Wow so what now he is going to be charged for freedom of speech. Were did he disrespect him? This is full of balogne!!

U have a batch officer but no morals!!! If this person had done anything to you or your family- I bet you would want victor covering that story. If you treat an individulal like that in the public eye, I can just imagine what it is like in the P.D.

What a shame!!!

Looks like an uneducated mexican police officer approach... Aren't these guys getting any training???

Well I all have to say about this incident is that Victor will have his day in court and there my friends is where everything will be settle not with you alls comments. And I say both had blame Victor for not doing what he was told and the officer for pushing his weight. Everybody get over it

I'm glad you had that camera rolling.If this is how these professionals act on camera just think about when the camera is not on!Mr. Castillo was no where close to keep this invetigator from doing his investigation.I hope this cop gets reprimended for trying to show that the badge gives him all the power.Don't get me wrong I don't have anything against cops I know our city has good officers in its force but its just guys like this that makes the good ones look bad. Please Channel 4 keep us posted on the outcome.

No one wants to blame the media. This people never do anything wrong. They simply report what makes their station ratings better then the other one, yet when one of their own gets into trouble, they are quickly to point the finger at someone else. I've seen news vans speeding in school zone in order to arrive first and cover the news. Streets of speed needs to record their own people breaking the law and interigate there own drivers on tv like Ryan wolf did to the officers in Weslaco and Progresso. Their is a double standard when it comes between
the public and the news media. Shame on You.

Sadly in the news world they are so anxious to get a story.. they have got people breathing down their necks.. I can only assume.. When an officer says back up... ask where is a safe haven to report this story? Now if there were Gun Fire in the area, would everyone be so quick to judge the Police officers judgement..

Yet I dont blame Victor, he was just doing his job. The officer was looking out for his safety.. Now was the officer abusing his authority?? besides the point, he is an officer..bottom line he was looking out for your safety.. I guarantee if Victor were to have been seriously injured, everyone talking trash would have jumped on the officers case about not doing his job..

Given there are so many comments on this story... I am going to keep it short. I Think both the officer and the reporter were unprofessional. The reporter by disrecpecting the officer. There are always ways to say whatever it is you are thinking while keeping the respect for the other person. The reporter lost his battle as soon as he decided to laugh at the officer.

On the other hand, the officer was rude in his approach and why would the cops arrest him under one charge and they file it as another one. Here the office and the department are both way out of line.

For those of you sticking up for the cop...the PRESS is the only thing standing between you and the cops. What if YOU are the next to get busted because the cop decided to make up his own laws? Wont like that very much will you? Suppose we allow cops to do some racial profiling for crime prevention? OOOO not gonna like that are you? The FIRST AMENDMENT gives the PRESS certain rights that local cop/thugs cannot change. All this cop did was assure that the cameraman is going to retire soon VERY rich. Its called "civil action for deprivation of constitutional rights" and it will cost the local government and taxpayers millions. Good going there supertrooper!

Bingo!! Well said sir, my thoughts exactly. I suppose sometimes the further away, the more clear we see.

This whole thing with Officer McCrea and that reporter is getting ridiculous. Why doesn't channel 4 do us all a favor and show the entire footage. The last thing the media should be doing is bashing our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line everyday to serve and protect us. Having said that I am a proud wife of a Mission Police Officer. All of those officers are great and are doing a fantastic job. Nobody knows what these men and women go through everyday. Get over yourselves channel 4 and stop trying to make everyone believe that the media can do no wrong. Anyway, I know Victor's dirty little secret.

I am from New England, and don't know the area, the organizations involved, or the individuals.

I think this whole episode is a joke. On both parts. Both individuals believed they were doing what they were paid to do. Yes, officers want citizens to obey them, but most emergency officials recognize reporters as someone who can be of great assistance. An officer who cared who tell the reporter the best location for him that was allowable. And NOT behind other citizens. That is an insult to the reporter. And the reporter has an obligation to be agressive but respectful of the officer and what he wants, even when he is wrong. The time for the reporter to settle arguements is after the event, with a commander who can guide both parties as to what should have been done.

Many of these comments praising the police officer have a writing style on the same person. Sounds like an officer who knows he went to far and is trying to look good in the eyes of his own department with "public support". On the other hand, comments condeming the officer are also over blown.

The news director and police chief need to get their two kids in a room to kiss and make up, as well as set some ground rules. What the officer fails to realize, no matter how right he might be, or believe he is, he wants reporters on his side. They have the bigger megaphone!

Plain and simple lets play fair Channel 4 - if Channel 4 aired ALL the footage (you can clearly see it is edited for the benefit of Victor and Channel 4, does not take a very smart person to see this) and posted ALL the comments in McCreas favor then everyone could see what REALLY happened. Victor was rude, throwing names, and threatening the officer. Victor was out of line PERIOD. None of Victors rights were violated - study the law before you start saying things that you are not educated on. We own a business with over 100 employees -#1 75% of them had not seen this because they don't watch Channel 4 news, and they all know and RESPECT McCrea AND the Mission Police Department - #2 employees that have said they posted in his favor, only a handful said theirs have been posted - WHAT IS UP WITH THIS?????? Out of my own household there were 5 comments that were sent in McCreas favor and they DID NOT GET POSTED. Come on - lets not discriminate against the police department! All these people posting on here in the defense of Victor obviously have NO CLUE, this shows you what these officers that PROTECT our community have to put up on a daily basis! Victor got what he deserved.

A cop can arrest anyone for anything but should they? I smell some thing(pot). You touch me(a cop). Who are you? You’re going 31 on a 30. Go to jail.

This officer in question is my hero.... He did his job and this reporter was preventing him from doing it... Love you McCree!

That will weed out the disgruntled men who must have serious insecurity issues to go around trying to bully the sane people that are just doing their jobs??? I mean how scary, to think that I could just be doing my job, and then some gun carrying maniac gets in my face and starts yelling at me, hiding behind a badge, so that if I try to stand up for myself I will get taken away in handcuffs. Don't make an ass of yourself on video and you won't get laughed at, don't take steroids before your shift and you won't get laughed at, and that way you won't feel the need to arrest people who laugh at you, duh.

I am a shooter. I do this on a daily basis and I have many many friends that ad P.D. and Fire with that said. If being this close gets you arrested in Texas then I would last about 15 minutes or until I heard the first police call.....This scene is over and one with, the accident is old and the victims have been transported. The officers are standing around shooting bull until they can get their drugs tagged and bagged and get a tow truck to recover the vehicle.They even have enough time to worry about photographers. 99 percent of the time on hot scenes I have been at (active shooter, Jail breaks, train wrecks, etc) the police are much more worried about doing their job than what Im doing. This department needs a PIO who is worth their weight in gold and a serious workshop on media affairs. In my own opinion I believe that on a scene like this ONLY ranking officers should be allowed to move media back if necessary which is rare, not a standard patrol officer....

I'm sorry but Victor is a Prepotente you dont know him personally he is a selfish and I know its his fault, mission police are the greatest

so you're gonna stand by your brother who is just one more example of another power hungry cop who broke the law, and violated someone's first amendment rights.

he made himself, the department, and his family (now that you've publicly defended his actions) look foolish. just because he's your brother and a cop, does not mean he is above the law or can make up the law as he sees fit, or arrest somebody because he didn't like them talking back to them, or taking pictures. just so you know, it's not a crime in this country to speak your mind to a cop, especially when he is rude and unprofessional like your brother was in this video.

i wish i had a video recording of your brother's entire twenty years of "protecting" the community. would this incident fall under "protecting"?

if he's willing to act this way on camera who knows what he has done or how badly he has behaved when the cameras weren't pointed at him. this one incident will tarnish his reputation forever, and questions will be raised about his past. he better hope that any past complaints against him aren't reopened now that the entire country has witnessed his questionable behavior.

why are you supporting your brother's actions? do you think what he did was legal? do you think he gave a lawful order? just because a cop tells you something does not always mean that you have to listen to him or obey his order -- it may be an unlawful order. as in this case, that may very well be the case. there wasn't any yellow tape surrounding the crime scene.

we should all be thankful for the proliferation of cameras because that "thin blue line" that has protected cops like your brother for so long, is finally getting thinner

I'm really at a loss as to why cops can't just handle these situations more calmly. This happens time and time again and is just so unnecessary - and only clogs up our courts with frivilous cases. I do hope the officer realizes what a jackass he looks like.

I just read about this little incident on a news site. It's interesting to read all the people in support of the reporter. Officer McCrea is quickly garnering attention for his police department, in the same fashion that the cop in shorts yelling at skateboard kids or the cop who pepper sprayed the girl at a cash register in a fast food joint did. The reporter was well out of the way, having to use the zoom of the camera to even get any sort of image. For whatever reason, Officer McCrea will now be the face the whole world will see representing your city, your police department and in part, you State.

I'm sick of whiny reporters who think they deserve special treatment. I'm glad the police busted this thug with a camera. It's about time more of these self-important ninnies get what the deserve when they interfere with police operations.

I BELIEVE ACTION 4 NEWS DECIDED TO POST THIS VIDEO SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE HOW UNFAIRLY VICTOR CASTILLO WAS TREATED BY MISSION P.D., THIS VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS VICTOR CASTILLO DID MOVE BACK BUT THIS SO CALLED "OFFICER" WAS STILL BADGERING HIM. I JUST HOPE ACTION 4 NEWS INVESTIGATES FURTHER AND MR. CASTILLO ISN'T LEFT ON HIS OWN TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND TO OFFICER MCCREA, I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE EVERDAY TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE CITY OF MISSION BUT COME ON MAN, AS FOR WHAT I SAW ON THIS VIDEO...YOUR ATTITUDE AND ACTIONS WERE UNCALLED FOR, DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT...REMEMBER: "YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW, NOBODY IS". ~~~~~MR. CASTILLO, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!~~~~~

LET ME START BY SAYING THE MAJORTIY OF THE COMMENTS POSTED ARE BOGUS. WHY ARE THE OTHER NEWS AGENCY COVERING THE SAME STORY STANDING AT SAFE AND SECURE DISTANCE? WHY DIDN'T THIS VICTOR GUY DO THE SAME? I ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS ARREST. VICTOR CLEARLY WANTED TO COVER THE STORY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHY DOES HE NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF A PEACE OFFICER THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME. ANOTHER CRITICAL DETAIL THAT THE SUPPOSED "RAW FOOTAGE" DOES NOT SHOW, IS THE FACT THAT VICTOR IS STANDING OVER BUNDLES OF NARCOTICS AT THE PRECISE MOMENT HE IS ARRESTED. THIS ALONE IS CAUSE FOR ARREST WHEN HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET OUT OF THE CRIME SCENE. YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE OFFICER SHOULD HAVE APPROACHED THE REPORTER IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL MANNER BUT WE ARE HUMAN AND SOMETIMES IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WE CAN LOSE OUR COOL FOR A MOMENT. HAVING SAID THAT, THE REPORTER SHOULD KNOW FROM HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HE MUST FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF AN OFFICER AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME OR ACCIDENT. I ALSO SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT VICTOR WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO IDENTIFY. THE CHARGE IS PROBABLY MORE ALONG THE LINES OF INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC DUTIES. SOME OF YOU PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY THINK BEFORE YOU COMMENT ON SITUATIONS YOU DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND. OFFICER MCREA IS A GOOD OFFICER, HE WAS SIMPLY JUST TRYING TO DO HIS JOB.

I think they arrested him for the fact that Mission Police have a lot of croocked cops. The police officer who arrested Victor probably had connections with the man being chased and that's why he didnt want nobody to report it.

McCrea I don't think it was your duty to be bothring with Victor Castillo. If in so he was crossing the line, which I know he was not, you were to investigate the thousands and thousand of dallars in drugs. Do you get it, you investigate, because you are indeed, supposebly an investigators. With so many other policemen near you why didn't anyone bothered with the folks standing around? Apparently because there was no need to bother anyone. But, you being that Victor is hispanic probably thouhgt you were smarter then him. You used bad, bad, judgement and the public doesn't care for that kind of attitude displayed here in the Rio Grande Valley. I have met officer like you so many times especially here in Edinburg.
What is a total joke is when one police officer escorts Victor right in front of the vehicle with all the drugs inside of it.

All i have to say is the officer was very rude in the way he spoke to Mr. Castillo. I understand that officers are here to serve and protect but they dont have to be such jerks while doing it. But like alot of cops out there...they think just because they are cops they can be rude to who ever they want, And that cop was by far the rudest ever. He must had been having a bad day or something!

Everyone fails to see the facts: There are several pounds of marijuana loaded into a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, heavily armed agents on scene; whose to say that the area was "safe". And by whose definition of safe do you go by the public, whom are nieve in theses kinds of incidents, or the law enforcement, with experience? As far as corruption goes, anyone now days can be involved from a 78 year old grandmother to a 12 year old child to even a news reporter or police officer. It's easy to judge when people are unaware of the facts like earlier comments have stated. And also police with " B.S." degrees; lets face it common sense and courtesy can't be learned in a college/university. Why break the law or even attempt to without any consequences. And has anyone noticed that Victor was the only one standing near the scene while the rest of the camera crews were at a "safe" distance on the opposite side of the street, makes one wonder.

STAY BACK 500 FT. Enroute to, on the scene, sounds like a battle of semantics to me. Whichever verbiage you select it’s really quite simple friend, whenever a police officer, working a crime scene asks you to move back, the proper and professional response is COMPLY. Engaging in invectives is a NO - NO. And if that were not enough IT IS THE LAW, when a police officer asks you to identify, COMPLY. Were you not aware that violation of the above requests can result in an arrest? Ask Victor.

Finally, as a fellow comrade of the police dept. (as I believe police and fire workers are), I must say that your personal attacks on Officer McCrea border on the pathetic.

I believe that both parties to this need to attend a high school course in conflict resolution. They both share blame and are trying to use their positions to further their objectives

Let the public know the REAL truth of this whole incident - why don't you air all the things Victor said to McCrea BEFORE the part you aired? The threats he made? Any other offier would have arrested him a lot sooner than McCrea did. This footage you are showing is EDITIED to SUIT CHANNEL 4 for a STORY! How can you be proud of an employee that will NOT obey an officer? The footage shows him AFTER his first move back, and he was STILL not behind the emergency vehicles like he was ASK to be. The other news media was ask to move and complied with no hesitation. There are many people that have written comments on here in McCreas favor - you are NOT posting them. THIS IS DISCRIMINATION! There was an AWESOME report on a local radio station that PRAISED McCrea and said Victor was OUT OF LINE.
Hold your head high McCrea - the people that RESPECT the law are VERY proud of you!

you all are stupid i know mccrea and that man knows his law front and back,sue him for what doing his job get real why dont you read the texas penal code before you talk out of your rearends. and some of you people act like if that reporter is going to get 50 years in prison. if child molesters and drunks get probation why would you think this man is going to suffer. as far as people who say they have family in law enforcement but they would never act in that manner, ask him for his horror stories and then ask him did you lose your cool or did you treat that person with the upmost respect even though they spit in your face. people fight and argue everyday yet no one criticizes them. officers are suppose to be held to a higher standard yet as citizens people act like bottom feeders because they know someone and they can get out of everything by telling thier buddy in the department. poltics are bad everywhere and officers get the bad end of the stick everyday. people stop thinking that just cause you mention the chiefs name you are going to get off. litigation please. no rights were violated and as far as staying away from a fire truck it is law. that firefighter that stated its not you must not have paid attention when you went through your academy because if a person stepped on or over a firehose you can be charged. take your time to read the penal code before you judge. if all else fails then just dont call and get up at night and check out those scary noises that you call 911 for. or those pesky neighbors that always have thier music to loud. that way when something happens and you get hurt or killed you can say well at least i didnt have that rude cop.

what can we expect?
people with power sometimes over do it!
many news agencies are guilty of the same when they rush to present a story without gathering all the facts. many news agencies rely on interviewing witnesses that express opinions instead of facts and people get judged based on opinions instead of the real facts.
the sad thing is many viewers belive everything they see in the news. oh well!
i have more trust on you guys at channel 4 than the others.

Brother Mcrea, give it up sir. Why waste your time on a reporter when you should have been doing your job supposeably investigating. By the way why did not you have the pants to escort Victor yourself and had ask some other to do it? What happened to you, afraid at the end, hahahah what a joke you made of yourself.
And Sister Mcrea you know and the everyone else knows your little brother is wrong. Typical I say.... Does little brother need your help?
Mission police get rid of this guy, what an embarrassment to you all.

I hope this is properly resolved, it would seem the usual pig headed approach, backed by misuse of laws, often badly written knee-jerk law or anti-terror law is endemic in Police dept's world wide. Being a pro. photographer, citizen reporter or just a passerby with a cell phone camera will get you hasseled these days.

I was harrassed by a Police Officer who accused me of walking through a crime scene, which I hadn't and he'd matched me stick to the pavement (sidewalk) and not the roadway where a bus had mown down 2 school girls.

I got the full gamut of questions, proved my identity etc (though I should have had a form from the officer for providing that) and why I was taking shots of the bus (the girls already in the neuro theater at this point), and as ever at no point did he offer his name or identity, and when asked bristled with anger that a subject (still considered subjects even though they say citizen) should ask such a thing.

Now just taking a photo with a Police officer in is enough to get you arrested here (UK). When something smells this bad, there something rotten at the core of it.

You mention the badge, the gun etc. Those are officials who are paid with tax dollars who are there to protect and basically you are saying Victor posed a threat? How can you say that? Victor and the officer were doing their jobs, with the exception of the officer not liking cameras pointed in his direction. I have high respect to those wear a badge and gun as you put it but that does not give them the right to ABUSE THAT POWER. That is the situation here. I am not calling out the "WHOLE MISSION PD" but they are humans, and humans make mistakes on a daily basis. The officer here made a mistake and should own up to it. Victor was not, let's say, five feet with his camera in the officer face. He was at a safe distance when he was trying to do his story. Wow it's truly a shame that you even have to throw in troops serving our country etc. This discussion board is about Victor and the officers UNPROFESSIONAL AND HIGHLY ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. Back to those serving, I for one agree with you that we should thank and remembers those serving and served for our country. The veterans and the fallen as they should never be disrespected or dishonored in any shape or form. Sad to say I disagree with you here Jim, as the officer was wrong and need to take ethic classes as well as anger management. So let's say he shot Victor because as you put it, "he has a gun" would that have been the threshold that would put it "abusive?"

Action 4 news, please don't let this incident go by unnoticed. Fortunetly you have media power to put officers like the one in the video in their right place. These type of officers are people who never had a say so in their lives and are now taking out their anger on people using the LITTLE power they have.

One question comes to mind, "Are you part of a corrupt society that disrespects the law? When you are stopped for a traffic violation, do you ask yourself "Who do I know that can take this ticket off for me? OR "Do you realize your wrong doing was simply taking it as a learning experience and pay the fine?" The same thing goes for officers serving a warrant. If an officer acts on a warrant,goes to a residence to pick up an individual and mom/dad/brother/wife get in the way, they,too, will be arrested for INTERFERING WITH A PUBLIC SERVANTS DUTIES.
So,If you think that Officer McCrea was out of line then you are a part of a group that questions authority and defies the law. If people would not question authority and simply comply, all would have better outcomes. Need I say more.
We all know that acting on scanners, the media, such as what Victor Castillo did, raced his way to a scene that was within minutes of just happening. Other media's such as Channel 48, the competitor, arrive at the same location acting on scanners as well. It is apparent that it is a race for first and quick news coverage for the so called public. Who will present it first? Channel 4 or Channel 48. Who will get a better shot at the whole ordeal? Oh, and by the way, if you did not know already, Victor Castillo was from that station before, so it becomes obvious he wants to do a better job at it, too.
Mission P.D. is at the scene minutes of what has just happened. Any acting agency needs to appropriate itself as to who the accident belongs to Border Patrol or Mission PD. Agents, investigators, police officers must make sure that everyone is helping each other as all law enforcement personnel are united as one. Officer McCrea acts to the best of his abilities and takes his role to secure area. But, along the way, there is someone who feels has to step within the boundaries of law enforcement. This person, Victor Castillo, stubbornly insists on passing the perimeter. Hello, Victor, you have a camera in front of you and do not wear a badge. Did you forget what job title you chose to hold? If Victor wanted to be at the opposite side of the perimeter, then he should have received his education in law enforcement not journalism.
Even then, Officer McCrea, who is doing his duties, gives a directive, and as typical as it is for someone to feel that who you know will get you off, questions the officers judgement/authority by saying, "What is your name and badge number?"in order to threaten his job.
The reality is, "What does Channel 4 Administration plan to do for further discipline on staff having been arrested? Is it zero tolerance such as with law enforcement. Will Victor Castillo be suspended without pay for disregarding directives and causing his own arrest? I am sure news stations have procedures and a rule book to follow, as well as, disciplinary actions toward staff for arrests on their record. Will Channel 4 use Victor's arrest to present to interns on behaving like a respectful, courteous individuals when out in public instead of being defiant.
Why is it that Castillo is the victim here? Officers such as McCrea have a job to fulfill and if people would see the realities of his job, you would react differently. People who know nothing of law or law enforcement speak, ignorantly. You may have relatives in law enforcement and side with Victor but the truth is, police officers need to be regarded as authorative at all times. If they did not position themselves authoratively then our society would be in ruins. This is why officers take an oath and the public should put trust in law enforcement. Guarantee, many people who keep up with the news: CANNOT AND WILL NOT CHANGE AN OUTCOME FOR ANYONE INDIVIDUAL ON T.V. In other words, by the public trying to make sense of the events that happened before, during, and after Victor Castillo's arrest, will not change the fact that he still got arrested for interfering with a public servants duties. The public cannot change what has already taken place for any one individual presented in the news as laws say that if an officer feels that an individual poses a threat (not by hurting someone but by being in the way when law enforcement is taking information, handling drugs or money found in a vehicle, or illegals), he can arrest such as what Officer McCrea did. Many crimes may have been committed in one simple pursuit ending in an accident (stolen vehicle, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, illegal's transporting the drugs, and so forth). So you see, it is a big crime scene needing agencies from supporting areas to assist within each crime committed. He did not make up the law, IT IS THE LAW.
WAKE UP!!!

Hyrum, you are absolutely ridiculous... why is it someone always has to play the race card? It doesnt have anything to do with race.... that's what someone ignorant does when they have no arguement left. Way to go. Hey Channel 4? Where are all the comments that my family and friends have posted in support of Officer McCrea? Is your board now as biased as your news stories? I know of three that have been submitted since 6pm last night. They have YET to be posted. Good job...

Keep up the good work Victor you and the entire Channel 4 crew is GREAT! With everything going on across the border it makes you wonder what the government is afraid will spill over from Mexico, the violence from the drug cartels or the corruption of law enforcement...hmm makes one wonder.

Keep up the good work Victor you and the entire Channel 4 crew is GREAT! With everything going on across the border it makes you wonder what the government is afraid will spill over from Mexico, the violence from the drug cartels or the corruption of law enforcement...hmm makes one wonder.

investigator huh.... more like you need to go back to giving parking tickets.... Actually this is why I believe all police officers need a College Degree. this is total B.S. Good for you Victor Castillo... I know by now Mr. McCrea is totally regreting what happened... I smell Litigation

Its sad that with all the issues facing our community that folks are this upset.

This is no big deal.

Who would you rather have on your side?

A cop or a photographer?

Get real folks.

Seeing the video totally shows that the Mission officer was out of line. You could see that Victor was not interfering with the crime scene since he was standing in the store's parking lot.
But yet you see the officer escorting him thru the crime scene to put him in the patrol car. If this Mission officer treats the media this way how is he treating the regular joe out there during a traffic stop. I believe the City Of Mission and Police Chief should have this officer fired for interfering with the right of freedom of the press. This gives a bad name to the Mission Police Department.

mission police officer did wrong in loosing his cool, and for that there is no doubt he will face disciplinary. there's no way of helping this officer because what he did was in the public's eye. the officer made an unlawful arrest for interference so he might face civil law suit on behalf of victor castillo. oh well just fire the officer because i'm trying to get down there in the valley as a cop!

It has always seemed odd to me that a person will criticize someone about an incident when they weren't there. They do not know all the facts and this lack of knowledge is confirmed by the fact they aren't confident enough to sign their name.. All the Mission police are always being trained and retrained and updated...as well as most law enforcement everywhere. Laws and court cases are constantly changing. This alters the way the police must handle all the various types or accidents, crimes and abuse. First they must protect those involved and also protect the public. They must protect themselves and their fellow officers and still maintain an accident or crime scene...and they must do it rapidly and accurately. Officer McCrea is a fine individual and does a great job for the citizens of Mission as do the many other Mission police I have met....This goes back to the old saying "Never criticize a man unless you've walked a mile in his shoes." Too many people think that because the police serve the public, they are a servants. This is not the case. Any man or women who wears a uniform in the United States and carries a gun should be respected for the job they do protecting us, our cities, our State and our country. Being smeared on the internet by those who do not have the total picture and who have not and do not put their life on the line for us each and every day is WRONG! To our Mission police, please keep up the good work and I for one appreciate what you do for us. God bless our police and our troops and GOD BLESS THE USA...Jim Schroeder

You say that you are thankful for officers like him right?! You mention that Victor should have asked where to stand right? One problem is that there were no posted signs of any sort "YELLOW POLICE TAPE" anywhere making opinionated and open as to where Victor can stand. If you get the wax out of your ears, Victor says he is moving back and he does move back. The officer felt embarassed by Victor showing him up I guess by asking what the officers name was and decided that he was going to arrest him. The offier and PD are wrong in this scenario. No police tape=OPEN FOR ANYONE!!! This is the Texas state law as the yellow police tape signifies authorities only and if any crosses that does not have verbal or written consent would be trespassing. Victor did nothing wrong but notify the citizens who pay the officers salary what was happening. When Victor and the officer walking with him back to the scene, boy that was a LONG WALK. Hmmmm not sure how Victor was INTERFEREING. Alex seems like you might were a badge or you dont like hispanics. It's one of the two, which one?

well action 4 news only shows part of the story. if u can see it is a diffrent view when he is being escorted to the police car. there was a channel 48 report filming the ordeal also. officer mcrea can be heard telling the reporter to move back and he responds with im going to call the chief, what is that he should have moved back more. yes there were plenty of other people around the area but all were well behind the fire truck and other emergency vehicles. and it does not show were the other officers are asking others of the public to move back and whom complied. officer mcrea did the right thing these reports keep fighting to get the better shot for there on personal gain. if it showed the whole thing u would see the officer escorting him also uncuff him to allow him to remove his keys and personal belongings from his pockets to give to the channel 48 report instead of having the vehicle towed. the report is wrong and its good he was arrested. people police only do it for your own saftey. support the police and respect the line dont cross it just for a story. go mcrea

I believe some officers think with that "badge" they can just order everyone around. We have a motorcycle cop here in town, that loves to give tickets for any reason. All bus drivers even warn of his approach through the school radio. One day he passed the red light with no warning lights. You guessed it,, the school bus video taped it. I knew of an officer who would visit a girl in our apartment complex every night. I remember the unit number. One day,, he pulled me over for speeding. I told him that I would see him every night at that apartment with the uniform and all. He responded" you NEVER saw me" and i responsded,, just like you never saw me speeding. I was dismissed. At school they think they can order all school employees around. Sorry mister, at any public school you are out of line. A school employee TELLS you what to do.

This police officer is going to have to swallow

his pride and apologize to MR. VICTOR CASTILLO.
Chief Longoria this officer makes u look and smell like CACA.

well if you look at the video you can see thay your brother was the onr bring very aggressive and rude to the reporter.the reporter was obeying orders i think your brother wanted to make the news or maybe for some reason he didnt wanted the drug news to come out what he needs is some manners be taught to him because if he wants to respect he has to give respect i have two brothers in another police dept both are sargeants and believe me they give thier lifes for their job and our community but they respect and treat everyone in a nice manner.

Why wasnt other media with victor at the time, Ch 48 based on thier footage was off to the side. Victor should have just moved farther back and Zoomed in more with the camera. How much B roll footage do you need from a wreck. I doubt the officer all of a sudden had it in for victor, the officer was more than likely given a order. And dont think the media is all smiles and handshakes, the officers attitude is the same some stuck up reporters have shown when the cameras not recording.

Those of you who are counting how many people are backing the reporter and think that the numbers mean that you are more correct than those who back the police officer need to remind yourselves who is reading and approving these posts. (KGBT) It's all a big ploy to get the public to watch their news. They get more money from their sponsors wanting advertising slots if they can prove that the public prefers their station over others. The majority of us have no clue who was right or wrong, as the news station has the ability to cut the tape and make it look how they want it to. However, as much as they tried, they still could not cut all of their reporters snide and unprofessional comments toward the officer. Makes me wonder how much worse the situation really was. I have much, much more to say but will spare my time, as my two previous posts have not been added by KGBT. (like this one probably will, too)

I think it is ridiculous that people believe they don't have to listen to a poice officer. In the first shot of this video, channel 4 is by a fire truck (wrong in the FIRST PLACE) and is asked to move back... what does he do? He moves PARALLEL to his original spot! HELLO - You were TOLD to move BACK!!! So now everyone on here is claiming that Victor is a good person and a great reporter and blah blah blah... How about a thank you to Officer McCrea and all the other officers and Border Patrol that were chasing the scumbag drug dealers in the first place? These people protect and serve and i'm sick of hearing about Victor's rights - I am tired of people thinking they are above the law...That there are exceptions to rules in every instance. When an officer gives you an order - YOU DO IT! Otherwise, you are asking for trouble and deserve what you get. The disrespect shown by victor to the police is evident in the background audio of this video. The laughing and talking in spanish is easily heard. Listen AGAIN. Thanks officer McCrea for dealing with the people you encounter and your service to the public. Channel 4...thanks for embarrassing your reporter further by airing the story on Valley TV and around the world via the internet. Good job!

ive worked in law enforcement before and the actions of this officer is truly embarrassing to Mission PD. Mission PD should drop this charges especially when the charges are rediculous and not valid. They are not valid because many others (citizens) should have also been arrested at the sceen. The pressure is now on you Chief Longoria!! What are YOU going to do about this?? This is a blackeye on your dept and especially the respect of your own community..This officer MUST be suspended and sent to a class were manners can be taught...very out of line!

I will say this first, I am glad that my family and I have left the RGV because of how it is portrayed. This is stereotypical behavior of how the RGV is talked about up here in the Dallas/Fort Wort area. From the Katrina bus carrying the eldery with the bus owned by and RGV man that caught on fire up to this!! I will say Victor was only doing his job to inform the people in the RGV and throughout the web as to what was happening and he was covering the story. There were tons of people in the parking lot not arrested which will be viewed in court and will only prove one thing, ABUSE OF POWER. Why didn't the officer arrest all those other people? I ask this because Victor DID move back. The officer has adrenaline going which I understand and is in the heat of his battle, but the battle of his focus of Victor was NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF TAX PAYERS!!! The drugs, the chase and that persons arrest should have been. Victor I pray that justice will be on your side without any type of judgement against you and A MAJOR APOLOGY BY THE CITY OF MISSION, MISSION CHIEF OF POLICE AND OFFICE MCCREA!!! McCrea should be held accountable for his abuse of power and suspended without pay so he thinks before he acts. It's just that simple. Honestly Officer McCrea, was Victor a threat to the scene? No and deep down you even know that but you don't care instead you just want to show that you are a bully and are willing to ruin a mans background and reputation. You are wrong and you know it.

I understand how you would defend your brother in light of this terrible incident. Yet, the "proof is in the pudding". The raw video clearly demonstrates officer McCrea is hostile towards the reporter, Mr. Victor Castillo. Mr. Castillo does move back a good distance when told by the officer, yet it would be clear officer McCrea (your brother) was not having it! Thus creating this apparent sunami of reaction. The general public is appreciative of the majority of law enforcement men and women that give of their lives to protect the general welfare. Yet, we do not condone a "few" that abuse the very power they took an oath to defend. I hope afer the dust has settled on this unfortunate incident, that both Officer McCrea and Victor sit down and speak. We all make mistakes and ONE was just witnessed by many.

First of all, the public will always present a bias towards either one of the individuals in the matter involving Officer MCrea and Newsanchorman Victor Castillo.
In regards to the officer, "You did your job." and "A job well done." Am I being biased for saying this. Officers deal with stubborn, ignorant individuals all the time that when given a directive those individuals feel that they will intimidate the officer by responding, "What is your name and badge number so I can talk to your chief?" AND if they do decide to, What is the chief's response then, "My officer was acting to his duties and I feel there is nothing I can do. He acted on self judgement."
So, all in all, people should stop wasting time with comeback responses and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD THE FIRST TIME AROUND. USE YOUR COMMON SENSE. It is not a matter of the officer abusing his power but a matter of judgement calls needing to be met at all times.
The media, on the other hand, is not only trying to make people feel that they are speaking for the public but, honestly, Victor Castillo, was trying to make a name for himself using it as if it was in public interest. This is not the only time that chases happen. There are plenty more around the area. We see it within the scope of the sheriff's department, DPS, and local agencies. I guarantee, many agencies are not to fond of the media and YES, depending on what agencies allow news media to act will these media guys try to dig in further thus then trying to take over the whole scene. In this particular situation, Victor Castillo, formerly of Channel 48 was obviously trying to reflect on himself when arrested. If the people can't see it, I WILL TELL THEM, VICTOR CASTILLO WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIS FORMER PLACE OF HIRE THAT HE WAS DIGGING IN DEEPER IN ORDER TO REFLECT HIS OWN PERSONA OR WHAT WE CALL IMAGE.
So, there you go, it is not about the public interest but about an individual who acted on his own behalf to bring forth an image upon himself but failed. The officer was doing was he has always done, "Secure the area." Oh, and to those who do not know what I previously mentioned, "Simply because you do not hear from a city as much does not mean the city is crime free. The chief of police does not feel all facts are gathered yet OR it is not the time to relate any information to the public unless need be. However, as soon as something is gathered with the outlook of suspects, any media can take it from there. Another thing, news personell act on SCANNERS from agencies at work. The media does so in order to be at scenes when they go down which in my opinion, should be illegal. If individuals caught with scanners in their vehicles during routine stops may be QUESTIONED then same should be for the media.
WAKE UP PEOPLE, IN THIS WORLD, NO ONE DOES IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S INTEREST. NONE BUT THEIR OWN.

To the officer being ridiculed of taking his job too far, THUMBS UP, "JOB WELL DONE." The media is part of the public and if they do not comply "An officer has the right to arrest."

"Stay Back 500 Feet" Is for vehicular traffic driving behind us while we are responding to a call. And McCrea ia a bit of an A@#!

Not all too smart.......

I support Victor and he should not have been arrested. He was only trying to do his job. Mission PD Police Chief should drop all charges and have the office apologize to Victor.

In defense of Mission PD, just because this officer was abusing his power doesn't mean that All officers are ROTTEN APPLES.

did wrong was not arrest this guy sooner. Perhaps you people forget there are dangerous people out there. People intent on hurting and killing all you sheep. Thank God we have men such as Officer McCrea, a veteran of the force who has been protecting the citizens of Mission for almost two decades, out there. I am thankful of men like him were there when I was growing up in Mission.

The police think they are above the law? Please. The press thinks they can do anything they want. If they don't like the way things are going, all they have to do is publish crap like this. Maybe next time, the reporter, who wasn't listening to the officer, should apologize. He should ask where he could stand that wouldn't interfere with an investigation.

What do you think the next time you need an officer is going to do when you have a problem? You would probably not be so eager to help out. These individuals who place their lives on the line every day are different. They will show up and do their job all the while knowing you hate and disrespect them.

Finally, most of you have no idea what it is like to be in a high speed pursuit. The criminal doesn't care. The officer, well, he has it a little different. He has to be mindful of his own safety, YOU the public's safety, and, oh by the way he has to try and catch a criminal.

Officer McCrea, you keep doing your job.

The media has assisted in solving thousands of cases for police departments. I know Channel 4 does this. Its no way to threat them. Bad Officer vs good employee/citizen. This officer probably has done this before, even with his own family.

Ms. McCrea: Please notice that 120 comments have been
posted on this article. You will also notice that
approx. 90% of the comments are condemming the behav-
or your family member displayed while being a police
officer with the Mission PD. The other 10% are police
officers(in complete denial) or family members. You
can place whatever spin you want to on this matter,
but it doesn't change the fact that your family mem-
ber gave the impression that he appeared to be a totaly out of control, rude and arrogant police officer.

Officer McCrea outstanding job. For those of you who posted comments against the PD Officer, shows that you are uneducated. Scares me to know that most of you have the right to be a jury member. The video shows Mr. Castillo was to close to the crime & accident scene. He was standing by the curb. He is standing between the accident and the fire truck. This is to close. He is actually in the way, if the fire fighters need to get equipment from the fire truck. You can even see orange cones around the fire truck area. There is no need for Mr. Castillo to be that close to the scene. That’s why Channel 4, has high tech cameras, to be able to zoom in and still get the shot. The officer was not rude. Mr. Castillo questioned the officers order to move back from the scene. Mr. Castillo goes on to tell the officer not to talk to him like that. You can even hear Mr. Castillo laughing. Mr. Castillo only moved back maybe 10 feet, still near the fire truck. Good job Officer McCrea. Law enforcement needs to exercise their authority and show these news reporters that "THEY" are not entitled to special privileges or access, and that they have to obey an officers order. And Mr. Castillo’s "civil rights" were not violated, please go get educated.

In response to Debbie (Sisters) comments:

What more can there be to the story. A member of the press (who has the same rights as any citizen) was covering an obviously newsworthy story. He was not close enough to be interfering with the investigation in any way. If any Police Officer cannot thinks that he can arrest somebody because they are "laughing" at him or because they "talked back to him" then maybe he shouldn't be allowed to hold that kind of authority. Nothing about the actions he displayed for everyone to see do anything to protect the public... who/what was this reporter threatening? Police Officers have to deal with alot every day, true... but if they can't handle it with professionalism and respect to the public, then the public shouldn't be paying their salary.

Now lets talk about a comment that you made: "If this reporter would have done as he was told, there would not have been a problem."... Unfortunately, even Police Officers don't have the right to make up laws a they go along, and they certainly shouldn't be allowed to enforce something that isn't law. LAW ENFORCEMENT. Enforcing the LAW... I'm not a lawyer, but which law was the Photographer breaking? Simply
not listening to an Officer is not a crime, unless that Officer is trying to enforce a lawful order.

Doesn't look like there was much need for "crowd control" at this scene. Maybe this Officer could have made himself more useful by patrolling the streets instead of wandering around at the scene. Why was he there if he had all this time to spend harassing and arresting an on-looker? Is that what the public is paying these cops to do?

u could have done better. V.C. respect is what u should have thought of in the first Place. quote... " Treat me as you would like to be treated" end quote. It works both ways.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE ACTION 4 NEWS CREW FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION!!!

Stay Strong Officer McCrea. Just like Victor was just doing his job, the officer was doing his. Sometimes you have to be aggressive with your tone of voice for people to listen and understand.

I respect the law and appreciate the effort law enforcement makes to make the valley a better place. However I do think there are officers like him who mess things up for the rest of them. The reporter was at a distance and not anywhere close to interfering with anyone or anything. He was doing his job in keeping us informed and he got arrested for it. I think its the officer who should get jail time for losing control.

i think Victor was just doing his job and the police officer was just being a bully.
as for his sister on here commenting blah blah blah, were you there? or are you just siding with your dear brother? please! I have family members who are cops as well, and am sure they dont act like that.
sorry to burst your bubble little lady, but your brother was just being a mean bully and does NOT deserve to be a police officer.
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS!!!

YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK!

I am appalled at what I saw. As an attorney with family in law enforcement, There is a line you do not cross. Irrespective of what Mission PD may say, This reporter obviously did not interfere or impede the efforts of law enforcement. Instead, we have an overzealous buffon with a badge who unilaterally takes upon himself to abuse his power. This idiot should should be chided for his actions. The publics' interest in newsworthy items is an inherent right guaranteed by the Constitution. It is what seperates us from all other nations. We start arresting reporters and stifling free press, then we become like them. This officer is an embarassment to our law enforcement officers who stand and protect. I should know. My wife and brother are a member of this fraternity. For this scumbag , GOOD RIDANCE. You are not worthy of the title falsely bestowed to you.

Officer McCrea and his group of coworkers must accept that he made a mistake. Maybe some of them don't want to admitted because they are his fried. But if they are really his friend, they should help him adjust his way of working. No officer should be on over the law. All other officers were calm around the wrecked vehicle but Officer McCrea was the only one around spreading it. Did he just wanted to impress other members of law enforcement or what? What did he wanted to prove? It is a disgrace to the Mission Police Department to hire officer with this kind of behavior. Maybe he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and needs professional help. I guess, we will leave it for his superior to evaluate.

In reading some of the comments, there are people in support of Victor and others, mostly LE in support of Officer McCrea. For those of you in support of Officer McCrea, if you look at how far they escorted Victor after they placed him under arrest, they walked a very good distance from where he was to where the actual car was. Now as someone else said, why was there no yellow tape around the crime scene? Is there a certain distance written into black and white defining an imaginary crime scene boundary? If not then how close is too close? And people the "Keep Back 500 ft" applies to when the vehicle is on the road, not when the vehicle is parked. And many of you don't follow this or respect emergency vehicles when responding to calls, too busy on the cell, putting on makeup, eating, etc. And if you feel he was to close to the fire engine, why did't the engineer say anything? In fact he was standing next to Victor. So I guess he wasn't too close. Officer McCrea was way out of line. Maybe the Texas Rangers need to conduct an investigation into the officer's actions. The Penal Code states for interfering with public duties there has to be a criminal intent, which Victor had none. How was he interfering with public duties when the officers were standing around? This is a clear cut case of abuse of the badge. Officer McCrea needs to give Victor and the public a public apology.

The reporter is lucky he did not get shot. The police in that area are under a lot of pressure, they do not know who is a bad are good guy, they do not know in there own department much less the county. I think the officer was right in a sense but should have used officer discretion in this instance. The reporter could have backed away and had a hell of a story of police abuse if he chose to play that role. I think both sides should kiss and make up.

This is why cops that actually deserve to be respected are not; the actions of this particular officer make the rest look bad and that is why they are disrespected. This cop was unprofessional and arrogant, why was he not harrasing the other people in the same area where Victor was, and why did he need to spell out his name to Victor, does Victor look like someone incapable of understanding? I think this cop received lessons from the Mexican federales, who think they are above the law and completely violate a person's civil rights. Victor was just doing his job and the charges are bogus as well, first charging him with failure to identify and then intefering with public duties, no wonder our justice system is a disaster. There are cops out there who truly do their job in a professional manner, we should not judge them all because of the unexcusable actions of this officer.

I think no one looks good in this situation. The news crew has the wonderful technological ability to alter the full truth captured with their cameras. I highly doubt that the public is seeing the entire story. Both men were rude to each other. Was the reporter breaking the law? I think few of us know the truth, because we were not there to witness the event with our own eyes. I value our law enforcement, and know that we are all human and make disagreeable, questionable, or poor judgments at times. Some of us, like police officers, take more risks and deserve respect for these sacrifices. KGBT is using all of its viewers as pawns so they can sell more air time to sponsors during the news hour because their counting on everyone to be watching to see if the reporter is found guilty. I'll wait for judgment day to be reported in the local newspapers. The full story that was recorded by television cameras will definitely be viewed in court, and whatever actions need to be taken against the reporter or police officer will ensue. Viewers are allowing themselves to be used by getting all excited about this event. Reporters are frequently aggressively getting in the way of investigations and putting our civil servants at risk. This behavior is not always worth the public hearing the "whole story."

BACK IN THE 60'S AND 70'S THESE TYPES OF COPS WERE CALLED PIGS, AND FOR GOOD REASON. THIS COP IS JUST A PLAIN JERK,AND A PIG.THATS RIGHT A PIG. THIS GUY GIVES A BAD NAME TO ALL COPS, AND HE SHOULD BE FIRED, BUT THAN BAD COPS VERY SELDOM GET FIRED.I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE POLICE.

News reporters aren't above the law. They have to follow laws just like the rest of us. He should of listened to the officer.

I dont know if you guys notice but there is another cop just poking his nose right next to Victor. Now i dont know what the procedure is by why isnt anyone putting up yellow tape if its SO IMPORTANT??? Ive worked with Victor before and he is a really good person! What happened to the whole treat others as you like to be treated? Seems like this cop was blinded by his aggression!

I support Victor in all this hoopla. This official is paid by tax money. Talk about Ego, this is one of the reasons we can not trust most of the police officers here in the valley, they want to make stops and arrest folks to make a their quotas for the month. When you go out at the end of the month so well see more police out there. This Cop needs to be fired and channel 4 needs to sue the cop because in a way, Victor was assaulted, maybe in physically, but verbally.

Victor was not in the wrong from what I could tell. I had the same thing happen to me while reporting on an automobile accident in Ohio. I complied with the police officer's orders to move back. Then he asked me to move back again. I did. I didn't talk back to him, I just did what he told me to do. For some reason this particular officer was really angry that night. To make a long story short, he ended up putting me in handcuffs in front of a crowd of people. Put me in the back of a cruiser. He dumped my purse out on top of the cruiser hood and went through it. Then a Lieutenant came from out of nowhere to scream at me in the cruiser. I couldn't figure out what in the world I had done so wrong to be treated this way. To make matters worse, they called a tow truck to come get my company vehicle and I could hear the tow truck driver laughing about how they put a dent in the vehicle. I thought I was going to jail for nothing. I was humiliated. But PRAISE GOD for HIS faithfulness! Everything that happened to me was being said over the scanner and heard by another officer that I had a good working relationship with. This officer called the chief at his house and told him the situation. The chief called to the officer in charge of the scene and ordered them to take the handcuffs off and give me a ride back to work. I hated riding in that cruiser, but it was better than taking a ride to jail. Hold your head up Victor. You're in my prayers.

Seems like he had one to many red bulls !

To everyone who says he broke the law:

DID THE REPORTER BREAK ANY LAW? NO NO NO NO.
THEN WHY WAS HE ARRESTED? HE WAS CLEARLY VERY FAR FROM THE SCENE. DID HE BREAK A SPECIFIC LAW? NO NO NO. IF HE BROKE A LAW THEN YES SHAME ON HIM BUT WHAT LAW DID HE BREAK TO GET ARRESTED. HE BROKE THE GOT A COP'S EGO HURT LAW. THAT COP SHOULD OF ATTENDED HIS DUTIES. LOL I SAID DUTIES. LOL

I was watching the evening news and noticed that the Mission Police department needed the medias help to broadcast a need for help in solving a recent crime in their city. After watching the raw video of Victor Castillo's arrest. I wonder what happened to the professional courtesy given to Victor.

It's a shame that I live in a very truely southern state like Georgia and we don't even have disrespect like that from ANY form of law enforcement ! No matter what race you may be.I love the Rio Grand Valley because I was was born there , but I would Never tell anybody from here that that's the way people from the Valley act like that... Especially the law enforcement.

Chief Longoria needs to implement more public relation courses for his officers and his department, after all they are public servants and they should not abuse their authority or the public trust. Good luck to Victor Castillo.

I am a news cameraman in Australia, we get the same crap. Victor looked like he was a good distance from what I could see. A case of some cops not liking the media.

As a law enforcement officer i belive that the media always comes to close to a crime scene or a major accident if the reporter would have just listen to the officer he would not have gotten arrested. And why did the news reporter threaten tell the officer chief of police just because he was told to move back ?????

Clear cut violation of his civil rights. Violation Title 242 Section 1983 of federal law. No person acting under the color of law. Appears that Mision PD probably liable for the officers conduct since they didn't protect some one with constitutional rights. This is not Mexico. If a criminal act occurred just how serious was it? Was there actual threat to an officer or a memeber of the public? Was Mr. Castillo actively resisting other than verbal non compliance? SOme of the comments on this are just plain ignorant. Look at the facts. Bunch of officers standing around waitng for a car to be towed away and a civil member of our society taken away. He who carried the biggest stick won huh!

it was obvious from the video that the mission cop was out of control the scene was not secured and the reporter was doing what he normally does my question is where was the supervisor on all this he should have put a stop to the arrest and send the officer back to the pd to cool off it is clearly shown that the officer lost control and now he must face the consequenses there are several elements to the crime in order to meet the offense and this idiot cop is in big trouble the reporter was in no way interfering

Victor should have followed the peace officer's instructions. It is the law. Obviously Victor was being cocky and appeared to be hiding behind the "but..but.. I'm a reporter"- syndrome.

-Victor should have moved instead of digging his heels in and start arguing with the officer, then Channel 4 should have filed a complaint with the Mission police if warranted-.

Channel 4's reporting of this incident favors Victor (the " one of our own" syndrome). Channel 4 is not being objective on this one- we have a judicial system let it work.
Although this incident is very unfortunate I find Channel 4 has very professional individuals employed and I will continue to watch. Victor just slipped up.

LESSON: Do not argue with the police while they are present working at a criminal scene.
Carlos

I have seen it many times and experienced it myself. This is a crude example of how the ABUSE OF POWER may get out of hand and affect citizens and people doing their job. A police officer with attitude may FEEL THAT HE IS ABOVE THE LAW and may use the power given to him to prove to others that he can do as he wishes because he wears a badge. "I AM THE LAW AND I DO AS I PLEASE AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, HA!!!." If this cop acted in this manner in front of cameras and knowing that the cameras were rolling, IMAGINE HOW HE ACTS WHEN THERE ARE NO WITNESSES, JUST A VICTIM. It is scary. He needs a job in the office, somewhere behind closed doors. The Mission P.D. should offer courses on anger management to all police officers on the field before going out to perform their duties of SERVING AND PROTECING. I support freedom of the press, and I don't see anything wrong with what Victor Castillo did. In fact, it was the cop who started that altercation, if you can call it an altercation, because Victor acted cool.

Why the drama? Are the police trying to hide something or keep something a big secret? Is there a security threat of some sort? There are police everywhere. Looks like everything is pretty well secured. I suppose with all the drug cartel activity in Mexico the situation could heat up on this side.
Makes me wonder which it is.

McCrea needs do be tested for drugs, and at minimum be retrained. All you right wing posters do not understand that this country is in the fix we are in because we do not ask enough questions. The answer is not to give up more of our rights. The freedom of the press Belongs to the public it is a constitutional gaurantee. Something that many GED or High School graduates police officers do not understand or respect.

As a citizen and taxpayer of the City of Mission, I expect the Mission Police Department to employ the best officers they can find.
Officer McCrea has demonstrated his sense of self-importance, over-stepped his position as a Mission police officer, brought shame on his department and fellow officers, who are doing their best to do an excellent job in helping the citizens of Mission.
We do not need to be wasting tax dollars on this obviously poorly trained officer.
His actions were unjustified, and he should be terminated from the Mission Police Dept.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND FROM SO MANY COMMENTS THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IT ALL SEEMS THAT THE POLICE OFFICER MADE A MISTAKE. WHAT HAPPENED TO CODE OF ETHICS, MORALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM? THIS OFFICER ABUSED HIS POWER IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE AN EMBARRASSED, AND HUMLITATED THIS REPORTER WHO WAS TRYING TO DO HIS JOB. BUT YOU KNOW WHY HE DID IT? BECAUSE WE NEVER SPEAK UP AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS TYPE OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ABUSE THIER AUTHORIY? WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?

well forgive us law enforcement officers for having a lunch we obviously dont deserve one let me ask you do you take a lunch or maybe a break or two during the day im pretty sure you do but call us loafers for having a lunch or break but then again its people like you that later on need our help yes its us the lousy cop. To all you people who are judging law enforcement officers there is an article called "the great police officer" it was written by virginia state police trooper mitchell brown you can find it at snopes.com after you read it then maybe you will realize and understand our point of view.

The officer was wrong in his actions plain and simple. No one else seemed to mind. The traffic on Military Road was closer than the reporter was.

I think that the reporter, Victor Castillo, was just doing his job at a safe distance from the scene. It was obvious that Officer McCrea has an anger management problem and will benefit from and anger management courses. We can see him coming up to the reported with an aggressive tone of voice. I understand that he was trying to maintain a perimeter but he does not have to be rude. His abuse of authority is heard when he threatens the reported “You want to go to jail?” What, nobody can ask a question to an officer any more for fear of being arrested? Officer McCrea thinks that he can go around arresting people just to calm his ego thirst. And then what, make up whatever he wants. For ex., “Arrested for not identifying yourself at the scene, but later coming up with another charge such as interfering with the law. I think that the police department has the wrong person working for the community. Oh! And we are paying for his salary. It is so sad that a person like him can continue working in that profession messing up people’s record because they will always believe his version over an average citizen’s version. Don’t remember why he is not working in the other department of law.

It is very sad to have this mission officer working
for the valley. He makes all the officers look very bad, which some are very nice and do their job very good. I beleive the repoter should press charges on
him because he did break the law. He does not have the right to treat anybody like this, because if it would be the other way around the reporter would be in alot of trouble. If he did this on camera i do not imagine what he could be doingnbehindn doors. I hope he gets fired and starts looking for a job in matamoros!!! jajajajaja

Some of your comments just amaze me!!! Some of you are quick to judge when you do not know the entire story. This reporter was told several times to move and didn't. He laughed at the officer and talked back to him. You people call him a "Bad Cop", "Bully", "Pig" & "Moran". This man has put is life on the line for over 20 years to protect the public and this is the thanks he gets. You people have no idea what these officers have to deal with every day. If this reporter would have done as he was told, there would not have been a problem. You all say well the reporter was just doing his job, well so was the officer.

Oh, and to the person that said, let me get this right, "Do you know what you just did to your family?" Well lady I have news for you. We are very proud of him and I will stand by him completely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if the officer acted this way in front of the more then 3 news people i would not like to get STOPPED by him when there are no cameres around and i am not a reporter. (chief of mission p. d. look at how your officers act with the public)

had there been a perimeter, like there always is, and need to be, for crowd control, onlookers including media, or general public, and all of mission residents that might of wanted to go see what was going.... none of this would have happened, so someone dropped the ball, or did you just not set up perimeter because it wasn't you alls chase? "sopeana" the vids and take it to court and see who wins. truth of the matter is, victor could have been getting a microscopic shot up close of the drugs for you all know, but isnt it standard procedure to setup perimeter or "tape off the scene"? victor was close and was told to move, he question authorities which was not right, but still moved. no need to continue harrassing him after he was out of harms way....ridiculous..

What part of “move back” doesn’t Action 4 reporter Victor Castillo understand? Upon examining the “raw video“, it is clearly evident that Castillo was a few steps from a fire engine with the words we are all familiar with “stay back 500 ft.”
Instead of complying with the officer’s request, Castillo’s response was one of arrogance and insolence.
Law enforcement officials must maintain clean crime scenes, void onlookers, the curious and in today’s society, lawyers soliciting clients. Not to mention that this was a high speed chase involving narcotics. What if the drug dealers decided to keep their booty, as we witnessed in Mexico last week, and start shooting? Maybe next time the media decides to cover a story, they will do so more professionally after the scene has been secured. Better yet, next time you need a cop, call Channel 4.

MCCREA was way out of line. Victor was simply doing his job. I think any arrest MCCREA has done in the past may need to be reviewed. MCCREA seems to have a powertrip going on.

indeed, you break the law, you go to jail. but he wasnt breaking the law. failure to identify? seriously? breaking the law when he has his ch. 4 i.d. riding around in a big white ch.4 van. come on... yes when something is burglarized or crime is commited you call authorities, because that is the humane thing to do. if it were up to me, id take matter into my own hands, but thats what pd is there for, "to protect and to serve" not to "bully" believe it or not, media is called when there is a string of burglaries, all the time at that, media has alot of times help crack cases that pd's work. they go hand in hand, which is why it is upseting to see something of this nature. i appreciate the law very much, and people within the dept. like the chief longoria, and Assistant chief dominguez and Martin Garza, but when you see people like this shmuck acting like the boss of it all.. it creates a thorn on your side.

indeed, you break the law, you go to jail. but he wasnt breaking the law. failure to identify? seriously? breaking the law when he has his ch. 4 i.d. riding around in a big white ch.4 van. come on... yes when something is burglarized or crime is commited you call authorities, because that is the humane thing to do. if it were up to me, id take matter into my own hands, but thats what pd is there for. believe it or not, media is called when there is a string of burglaries, all the time at that, media has alot of times help crack cases that pd's work. they go hand in hand, which is why it is upseting to see something of this nature. i appreciate the law very much, and people within the dept. like the chief longoria, and Assistant chief dominguez and Martin Garza, but when you see people like this shmuck acting like the boss of it all.. it creates a thorn on your side.

It is so obvious that Victor was not even close to the investigatin area. I do not understand how people can side with the childish officer. You know the sad part is that I have encounter so many other officer such as this one in question. Why do they act like that, I have no clue.
Victor I am so glad you laughed at his face and you kept your head high up. Continue doing a wonderful job as you have done.
That officer should not be working doing this kinds of job. He must find himself another one with less stress. I say, if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

WELL SAID Quit your crying!!! Sure wish there were more people with your mentality!
News media is just that -news, they just want a STORY - don't care how they get it - lets bash the cop cause he tries to uphold the law - no one but the ones there REALLY know what happened and the news is not going to show what really happened - so lets stop judging things that you do not know about. Where was this reporter when he was FIRST ask to move????? This was not reported.. footage shows after he moved back - as stated in other posts - the other media WAS back and out of the way - - why would the PD care if the media gets a shot of the drugs?? they are not there for the media - they are there to INVESTIGATE as scene - they need them away from the scene - this is a scene for the police not the media - this chase was a Border Patrol chase NOT MPD

I think the reporter got what he deserves, The reporter should pray that when he goes to trial that he gets a sympathetic jury.

understand that victor felt he was in a safe location to be recording, your making it seem like if the media are the bad guys, they werent there to put MPD under a bad light, but rather make a spotlight ofthe situation, he was not compromising the situation. he was not going to try and take the drugs. he was just trying to videotape the narcotics. next time try taping off the area instead of making an imaginary yellow line. make sure mccrea has his attention on his job, rather than trying to interrupt someone elses...looks like victor was more important to mccrea than the rollover with pot.

to publc servant you post about tax payers paying for our academy training i as a police officer paid out of my own pocket to get to where i am now and just to let you know the last time i looked at my paychek stub it did not state tax exempt people need to understand that this is not t.v. this is real imagine if this would of been a shoot out would people see it diffrent probably so. backin you up officer mccrea. brothers in blue

Victor should obey the law just like everyone else. When you break the law you get arrested. What is so difficult to understand about that? And now everyone is upset and crying for this reporter. Everyone is mad at the officer and calling him all sorts of names along with insults. Think people, when your house is burglarized or a crime is committed against you or a loved one, who do you call to the rescue? You don't call reporters like Victor, what are they going to do? You call the law, why, because the law has the backbone to do what you and reporters can't. It's so easy to talk big and strong with a patty-cake morality, but when it comes right down to it we all run to the law with our scared and worried looks on our faces. Think about that and appreciate the law quit cyring.

understand that victor felt he was in a safe location to be recording, your making it seem like if the media are the bad guys, they werent there to put MPD under a bad light, but rather make a spotlight ofthe situation, he was not compromising the situation. he was not going to try and take the drugs. he was just trying to videotape the narcotics. next time try taping off the area instead of making an imaginary yellow line. make sure mccrea has his attention on his job, rather than trying to interrupt someone elses...looks like victor was more important to mccrea than the rollover with pot.

I believe that Mission officer was on private property. If its a business, its considered private property. I work for the school district. Our school bus lost power in the middle of traffic. An officer "ordered" me to evacuate the school bus. Sorry, an officer cannot tell a school employee what to do on a school bus. We as employees are responsible for the children. I ignored him, and made sure he was reprimanded. He was. They need to read up on Education law and become familiar with all its policies and laws. I applaud Victor, a badge doesnt mean you can treat people any way you want. Then again,,,, it Mission....a little behind time.

First of all, taking the duties of an officier is something you choose to do your not being forced to do it, and this is a reporters job, " report his/her story", respect is needed both ways, and theres just some officers that dis respect it and take it for granted, just like we saw in the video, he could of prevented a disagreement, yet he choose to bully someone, choosing sinds wont always get you anywhere!!! ACCEPT WHAT HE REALLY DID, VERY UNPROFESSIONAL & INCONSIDERATE.

AGAIN - everyone is commenting on WHAT CHANNEL 4 CHOSE TO AIR - what THEY want you to see - they do NOT show what REALLY happened and how disrespectful Victor was to McCrea - all the rude comments that lead up to the point Channel 4 chose to air. They chose to air half way through the whole ordeal. This is all getting blown out of porportion - maybe Victor might need help from an officer one day and maybe the officer will say "WHY"???? Just as Victor did when he was ASK to move OUT OF THE SCENE.

Some cops just have a tendency of going overboard with their authority.

I saw the raw video & this police officer was way out of line when being rude to Mr.Castillo. His camera was set up on the black top then was told to move further back which he did as close to the gas pumps as possible how much further back did he(officer) want him to move. Mr.Castillo was only doing his job while this police officer had nothing better to do but, to harass(BULLY)someone. Now, if he was doing his(officer)job then why was he(Mr.Castillo)the only one singled out because of who he works for what about the reporter(s)from KNVO-48 why weren't they told to move back behind to the imaginery yellow tape line "CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS"?

THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS AND UNPROFESSIONAL. VICTOR IS A RESPECTABLE REPORTER IN THE VALLEY AND IT IS A SHAME THAT HE WAS HUMILIATED IN FRONT OF VALLEY RESIDENTS. IF VICTOR WAS IN THE WAY, WHY DIDN'T MISSION POLICE SET A CERTAIN AREA FOR THE PRESS. DROP THE CHARGES!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's all about composure. The one thing I admire about some cops is their ability to maintain composed during a confrontation or in any adrenaline rush situation. In my opinion, if you loose composure and exhibit it by having a meltdown, then that just shows mental weakness. It's time to change careers.

Okay i'am not picking sides here but,If the officer did ask Mr.Castillo to move back then he just should have listened.He should not have said oh im going to go talk to the chief just because the officer was trying to move him back yes he shouldn't have yelled at him but still there is a certan distance in which the public/media are allowed were Mr.Castillo was setup was a gas station and yes there were other people but they were minding there own buisness they were not were mr.castillo was located at. The officer was very loud but there is always immense amounts of pressure on them to clear the scence especially when you have that much drugs and are near such public location such as a gas station. How come he just couldn't have moved to were Channel 48 cammera man was they did not tell him anything and from what i can see from the distance of the camera he was at a very good distance Mr.Castillo how ever was very close the scene unlike the other camera man,He was standing right on the side of the fire truck they do park them like that for a reason not for you can go around them and the yellow tape thing honestly if any of you all are ever blessed enough to attend a scence of an accident you will understand that the yellow tape thing isn't going to be the first thing on your mind when you respond. But like i say Mr. castillo was standing pretty close and yes it is the right of the public for the media but you also have to understand that these officers and paramedic personel are doing a job,and remember that when your in an accident and there are camera crews standing right there to get the story,while those same people you all are calling pigs are trying to help you.

So what happens now? channel 4 won't cover mission pd's propaganda(most of the its BS anyways) As for the reporter is he getting any support from channel 4? is there going to be any corrective action from channel 4? What's channel 4's take on this situation? I feel the officer should of used more of his brains and less of his "authority" and it would of ended there. I like many in Mission don't trust our PD.

After watching (and listening to) the video of this incident I think there was room for improvement on the part of BOTH parties.
While I feel the Mission police officer got carried away with his authority (as, from personal experience, seems to be the way of Mission city government in general), I also feel Victor could have been a bit more respectful. (e.g. addressing the police officer as "officer" or "sir" instead of "man").
Overall...another case of SOME police letting the "power of the badge" go to their head! It will be interesting to see how Mission Chief of Police Longiria handles this. Even more interesting will be seeing if Mission Mayor Salinas gets involved. From my experience living in Mission (for 10 years, but now in Edinburg) Mayor Salinas had a general policy of "my way or the highway" toward most everyone. Can you say "trickle down effect"?!

Melissa - WHAT are you talking about? Are you afraid I called Mrs. R a jerk? NO... i did NOT. I said that anyone that disobeys an officer is a jerk.

MOST OFFICERS ARE JUST PLAIN RUDE! AND AS FOR HIDALGO COUNTY LAW ENFORCER, GET A LIFE. YOU PROBABLE ACT THE IN SAME MANNER AS THE MISSION POLICE OFFICER. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BADGE YOU THINK YOU ARE ABOVE THE LAW... NEWS FLASH!!!!! YOU'RE NOT! VICTOR CASTILLO WAS ONLY DOING HIS JOB TO BRING US (THE RGV) THE BEST NEWS COVERAGE. MANY POLICE OFFICERS TALK DOWN TO PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BADGE. BEING A PERSON OF THE LAW I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD BE RESECTFUL,COUTEOUS, AND PROFESSIONAL BUT LIKE 90% OF OFFICERS YOU ARE JUST PLAIN RUDE. I'LL BET ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THE POLICE CHEIF ISN'T GOING TO REPREMAND THIS OFFICER. I HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPEN WITH THE PRIMERA P.D. WHAT DID THE CHEIF SAY. "OH NO MAM NOT MY OFFICERS, THEY ARE ALL VERY PROFESSIONAL". BULL S***! THEY CHARGED MY HUSBAND WITH FAILURE TO ID WHEN HIS COUSIN IS ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WAS THERE DURING HIS ARREST. THE OFFICERS WERE ALSO TEASING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD BEEN ARRESTED. BUT AS ALWAYS THEY BELIEVE THE OFFICER AND NOT THE PERSON THAT WAS ARRESTED.

BY LOOKING AT THE VIDEO, IT SEEMS THAT THE OFFICER MCCREA HAS SOMETHING AGAINST NEWS CHANNEL 4, BECAUSE MR. CASTILLO WAS IN A THE DISTANCE & JUST DOING HIS JOB TO KEEP US THE PUBLIC INFORM, BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER OFFICER WERE DOING THERE JOB BY BEING IN THE SCENE BUT THIS OFFICER MCCREA WAS NOT AND IF HE WAS THE ONE WHO ARRESTED MR. CASTILLO WHY DID HE TAKE HIM TO THE PATROL VEHICLE INSTEAD HE STAYED BEHIND AND MESSING WITH MR. CASTILLO CAMERA AS YOU WILL SEE BY THE NEWS REPORTER FOR KNVO 48, OFFICERS LIKE THESE SHOULD NOT BE WEARING A BADGE, ONCE AGAIN MISSION POLICE ARE IN A BAD RAP, THERE ARE SOME GOOD COPS OUT THERE DON'S GET ME WRONG, LIKE THE PHRASE GOES ONE SPOILED APPLE WILL SPOIL ALL THE APPLES, SO MR. CASTILLO SHOULD HAVE NO CHARGES AGAINST HIM ALSO IF THE OFFICER WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS SAFETY, THERE WAS PEOPLE IN TH BACKGROUND SO WHY DIDN'T THE OFFICE TELL THEM SOMETHING

Enough with the personal attacks MINDY. You're either for Mcrea or Victor and there is no need for name calling, particularly as you say we were not at the scene and only have channel 4's one sided video.

the cop told him to move back, doenst show how many times, he should have just cooperated...and avoided everything. just cus he is "media" he doenst have to listen to authority? ill try that, and have channel 4 record it and see how many people side with me, since i wont be covering a story..

freedom of the press was being acted and nothing more,just goes to show u how all cops act they think they are untouchable with that badge on and that donut belly. Cop needs to be repremanded and made an example of.

Hey Mrs. R... i am not a relative of officer McCrea. You and i were not at the scene - we only have channel 4's one sided video to watch...but if you disobey a policeman's orders then you ARE a jerk.

mission p.d always goes there way by protecting the city please you see them all parked in whataburger and they complain about la joya..mission pd had no rite to arrest castillo he was there doing his job and getting the story rite..it was a car chase with drugs its nothing new for mission..mission is known of drug busts and pseudo cop i think that they should of left him alone and he would be free oh one more thing before i forget him laughing its ok he was not doing anythung wrong he was being a reporter in other hand thats mission pd for you..

I don't uderstand why Victor Castillo was arrested for doing his job. He was following directions and was just simply doing his job as a reporter. The police officer had no right addressing Victor the way he did. The officer sounded frustrated and came across as a bully with a gun. It was clear that Victor was not interfering with the drug bust. The Police Officer was unprofessional and it is sad to see that some officers conduct themselves like this officer did. Not all Police Officers behave like that but those that do give the good Officers a bad name.

Angel

if victory was only doing his job, and keeping a safe distance from the accident whats up with the Mission Police Investigator? May be their hidding the fact that may have caused the car to roll over. Chief Longoria should investigate his officers who were involved in the chase. Shary Road is an open and straight road.Who knowns the officers involved could have caused the accident to begin with and that is why they did not want Victor film them or the accident. All ways a bad coop in every bunch.

that's mission PD for you. I did think it was hilarious how they cuffed him and took him through the whole crime scene-move the vehicle PD-duh. This made me laugh for the day.

Mr. Castillo's refusal to comply with simple yet necessary standard operating procedures reveals an arrogance and adversarial posture all too often found among today's media personnel, including reporters and psuedo-journalists. The media cannot and should not be allowed to justify their non-compliance with institutional rules and procedures by saying they are a "wathdog who's looking out for the public's interest". They are NOT a "watchdog", and they must not receive indiscriminate special treatment. "Looking out for the public interest" MUST NOT be a blank check that allows the media to do anything and everything they want to do.

It appeared to me the cop was too juiced up on adreneline and over reacted. Yes, people need to let cops do their job, but other's have jobs to do as well and as long as they are not interferring should be allowed to do so. Hello, "Failure to Identify", say what? There was a NEWS van with a NEWs camera crew, does it need to be spelled out for the cop? Was he blinded by his adreneline? In the video the reporter appears to be a respectful and safe distance from the scene, then complied with officer's instructions to move even farther back. To remark this reporter is a jerk is senseless. Nothing about Mr. Castillo's demeanor has ever suggested he is such a person. The lady who made that comment appears to either be a cops relative, or has personal issues with Mr. Castillo. Either way her comment does not fly but dips, crashes and burns.

I passed by the scene of the wreck yesterday. I saw armed border patrol agents guarding the scene. There were bundles of drugs laying on the field. The police officers have alot on their plate. They need to watch their back, clear up the scene, watch the citizens passing by and also to deal with unprofessional news reporters putting themselfs in harms way just to get a story. If the drug cartel members attempted to get their drugs back at that time the news today would have been a different one. Give the cops a break and let them do their job...Do we forget who protects us...

THAT PERSON... about KING SIZED JERK? My name is MINDY.... so if youre gonna call me out... call me out my my name... I dont know victor personally... but i dont care WHO he is, or WHAT he does for a living. It DOES not give him license to disobey an officer of the law. That's the problem with all you whiners - you think you're above everyone else... You want someone to look into YOUR life and see what they find? I DOUBT IT. You will find that Officer MCCrea is not only a dedicated officer, but a good person - so you stick up for victor and i'll stick up for officer McCrea and we will agree to disagree. By the way there is probably a cheese tasting somewhere in McAllen tonight if you need some to go with your "WHINE"

i worked for the news media for a long time, and just recently moved onto other opportunites. being out on "the field" as we like to call it, this happens alot too often. i too have been threatened with getting arrested at a crime scene but in this incident victor was told to move back and he did so, so now hes standing in front of a fire truck, ive stood in front of many fire trucks througout the valley during structure fires, 1050's (accidents) and not ONCE have i been told to move...the "pig" should not of acted like this, i know who this cop is, and chief leo longoria will not punish him, sadly. to this other cop who said they were securing the scene blah blah, first of all where was the yellow caution tape? it was a rollover, and BP were loading the drugs to their vehicle and mission pd "pigs" were just standing around chit chatting like they always do waiting for the wrecker to come clean up the mess so they could clear the scene. this was just wrong in all aspects. cop wasnt trying to do his job, he was being a ----, ive been around to many cops to know what kind of behavior he was displaying... i have "S.O." local, DPS friends that do this "cause they can" and ive seen them treat other people like that, so dont come on here and tell your collegue to stand tall and that BS man, dont try and fool someone whos been in the circle and how you all work, seriously, come on dude. victor is a friend of mine, and he did not deserve this. i hope this pigs mom, wife, and kids can be treated like this in a traffic stop, lets see then if you think thats right.

To the person who commented about being a "King Size Jerk" Victor Castillo is the most professional, well mannered and considerate individual that has ever worked as a news reporter. Channel 4 and their reporters always give Mission PD coverage and not just negative coverage like that other station. Mission PD is going to be hard pressed to get help from ANY reporter if they continue to mistreat people. Reporters or otherwise. Someone needs to take issue with the brass at Mission PD about this officers obivious anger management issues. Maybe someone needs to take action and look at his background. You might be suprised at what you find ;)

I think we have forgotten what a tough job the police in ANY city have, let alone MISSION... Listen to the news (channel 4... for Mission coverage you might want to tune in to channel 5 because you usually dont give a flip about mission... you must have had a slow news day)and you will hear "Murder in Mission" "Drug bust in Mission" "Illegals caught in Mission" "Child Porn found in Mission" - SO - that being said... that the cops in Mission have a tough job.... DONT GET IN THEIR WAY - DONT ACT LIKE A KING SIZED JERK AT THE SCENE - AND DONT COME INTO MISSION JUST WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO NEWS TO REPORT. Also.... dont whine about your reporter being arrested. It makes you look unprofessional.

Could the cop just have ask him to step back and give the reasons why in a professional manner. Does he justify the aggressive and innappropriate attitude solely by being a police officer. He is supposed to be a professional at what he does, in turn, needs to act like it. He gives the Mission P.D. a very bad image. Is this the image that the department promotes, if not, then this incident needs to be corrected by a simple and SINCERE apology. Next time, keep your cool and do your job.

Victor Castillo did a great job...that "so called "officer should be sent to anger management or therapy apparently he has a problem..no one deserves to be approached and disrespected like the Idiot OFFICER did to VIctor...instead of putting so much attention to a reporter, he should go out there and catch real criminals, instead of taking advantage of this badge...he should be FIRED,,,,,

We as a public are not previliged enough to get all the story due to a little button called edit. I can guarantee everyone that the entier story is not being told. Regardless of what we see on the news it is not always as it seems. I have known the officer for years he is not a milicious or vendictive person. As far as being to harsh if an officer of the law tells you doing something regardless if we think it is wrong or right better just to do it. People need to grow up and move. It my understanding this is not the first incident involving Victor and law enforcement officers. Sounds to me he may have a problem with authority . Quit crying, do as you are told and if you don't like then make a complaint to the chief later, this save alot of trouble for both sides. I am sure Victor is a good reporter and was trying to get the story right but remember to stay back.

This business of an embarrassing moment for Mr. Castillo was brought on by his own organization airing his arrest. When you watch the “Raw Video” (obviously edited to show Officer McCrea in a poor light) you can see Mr. Castillo within the established perimeter. The emergency vehicle (fire apparatus) was used to block off that area, which clearly display “Keep Back 500ft”. Now “Preventing the Reporting of News”??? No other news channel had any problems airing the story… They also didn’t have any problems following the LAWFUL instructions of a Texas Peace Officer.
Which can be found in the Texas Law Books Penal Code Sec 38.15: Interferences with Public Duties (a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with: (1) a peace officer while the peace officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted by law;

I am a journalist and have worked on the field many years, Victor and I worked together for Univison and watching his arrest upsets me very much. Anyone who works or deals with members of the media in the Valley knows that for the most part we are very respectful and know our boundries. Reporters have a job to do and we try to do it to the best of our ability because we owe it to our viewers. Victor was on a public parking lot, not intruding with police activity, there was no crime scene tape, he did not cross any barricades. The officer was simply being a bully. This happens once in a while when the officer is new or simply wants to feel important behind his badge, but it is very unfair and unjustified.
Victor is a great reporter and I hope that these absurd charges are dropped.
He was not only humiliated but also was not allowed to finish his story, for a journalist the latter is the worst part of it all.

What I find incredible is that they arrested Victor and then the officer marched him right across the crime scene that he was told to stay away from. This can be seen on the raw footage that Channel 4 posted. I understand that the officer was trying to do his job but he could have about it in a more professional manner.

"Like i was Taught (1.) i Will Ask You....(2.) i will Tell you. (3.)i will make you..."

Give me a break please. Its this mentality that's caused Mission PD reputation to be questioned.

I would also like to add to my last comment that I no longer live in Texas, but am giving an objective opinion based on the video you supplied. I do not know the reporter and do not know any of the police officers involved.

Rude arrogant cop who will eventually cost the city
of Mission a bunch of money.

I honestly think that the officer was way out of line. He was really rude and very unprofessional.In the video it doesn't show that the reporter was on the way of the officer's duties. It makes me wonder why he didn't want this scene to be recorded maybe he wanted to keep some of the drugs for himself...it just makes me wonder.

Victor Castillo is one of the most professional, hardworking and understanding reporter and person I know having the privilege to work with him as his photographer. Victor clearly understands what his rights are as a reporter and news gatherer and would never do anything to compromise the integrity of a police investigation. I know Victor will be just fine after its all said and done and I don't think this is a negative reflection in anyway on Victor. Keep your head up buddy like you always do.

Victors Arrest wasnt public until his own news agency plastered his "embarassing" vidoe on thier own. so if anyone should be embarassed it is this news agency. Maybe you Channel 4 should look into what your people are doing. Police are treated so poorly....... this is the situation, Look the police are being careless they let that guy get in the way, or they let him get hurt.....Look the police are so mean they did their job.....GET OVER IT....Mcrea did nothing wrong and i hope he can clear his name for doing his job

To Officer McCrea, keep up the good work!!
To CASTILLO as a professional he should have obeyed the orders given to him and gotten back when instructed instead of acting like a child by refusing them and trying to challenge the Officer. CASTILLO was asked to step back for his safety and the safety of the Officers. You can also hear CASTILLO laughing and making fun of the Officer instead of just remaining quiet. As I saw the video, I noticed CASTILLO was the only civilian and reporter other than law enforcement on the scene. I believe CASTILLO should be reprimanded for making Action 4 News look like ignorant people who can not obey orders that even my six year old son knows to obey.

I understand scence safety and the security of the people. Just because he has a badge or any police officer they can treat people like that? I do respect the police and their jobs but he was out of line. You have your opinion on this situation as well as I do. Both sides of both stories. I hope this is settled in a decent manner. I still feel like the police officer was wrong.

Who in the world does this cop think he is!!?? I mean I feel that we are in Nazi Germany during Hitler's reign of terror!! He would send the GESTAPO to jail people who disagreed with him or groups that would try and expose his monstrous policies!! Maybe he was just being over zealous(the Mission Cop) or he was being a horse's rear end!!!!!! This police officer needs to apologize to the reporter!!!

What most officers need a class on is harnessing the adrenalin rush after the situation has been brought under control, such as with this car chase. I believe Victor was in a safe location where he would not be injured at the scene. If being in front of the fire engine was a problem the engineer would have asked Victor to move. Officer McCrea was rude to Victor and should give a public apology before being suspended for bringing this kind of shame on the Mission Police Dept. It should be public since Victor's arrest was public. In reading the Penal Code I don't see how Victor was interfering with the officer's duties, if the scene was about 500 yards away. Victor acted with no criminal negligence. Victor is innocent according to the Penal Code.

Aparently you dont understand what scene security and safety means. Mcrea was looking out for Victors saftey as well as SCENE SECURITY. what if the vehicle that had wrecked had a gas leak, and then caught on fire and exploded, I bet Mcrea would be a hero then. SO QUICK TO JUDGE...... By the way i never said officer safety was the issue i indicated SCENE SAFETY and SECURITY. i see people her put that he was unarmed, and made a fool of. get over it VICTOR was WRONG in Law Enforcement you are treated with the same respect as you give the officer. Like i was Taught (1.) i Will Ask You....(2.) i will Tell you. (3.)i will make you....Same Procedure was followed here if you dont do what you are told, you pay the price. Officers had to taketime away from thier Jobs to Once again Babysit the Media. You made you Bed Victor you Sleep in it......

It’s not everyday that you hear about a news reporter being arrested, so I waited anxiously to find out who and what the surrounding details were. It wasn’t at all surprising who the aggressive, arresting officer was. This individual has no doubt made many Mission citizens outraged and I’m sure others have their own stories to tell about officer McCray. I’ve personally was pulled over (speeding 5 miles over limit) by this officer a few years ago and as a female, his tone of voice was very overpowering and condescending. I’ve been stopped before by DPS for dark tint, missing front plate on vehicles before and have cautiously gotten a warning, but never have I been spoken down to so rudely. This officer made a negative impression on me and just today seeing what happened to Victor Castillo struck a nerve.
I’ve asked other Mission friends if they know who this officer is and I’ve heard similar stories about his attitude when he pulls citizens over. Apparently, he was a former DPS officer who was “let go” due to an incident with his aggressive behavior — I don’t know how much truth to that lies. If so, as much aggression this officer displayed on camera wasn’t enough, I can just image what others have dealt with before.
Victor Castillo has nothing to be embarrassed about, he kept his composure. I’m just glad that this incident was caught on film and others can see what Mission citizens have to deal with everyday.

FIRST OF ALL I DO THINK THAT CHANNEL 4 SHOULD SHOW ALL OF THE FOOTAGE SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY MAKE CORRECT AND JUST OPINONS ON WHAT REALLY HAPPENED(THIS SEEMS TO BE A ONE SIDED STORY. SECOND, TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO POSTED COMMENTS ABOUT BEING MISTREATED AND BELITTLED BY POLICE OFFICES; YOU WERE PROBABLY DOING WRONG AND DESERVED IT(WHEN AN OFFICER IS ARRESTING A CRIMINAL, HE IS A GOOD COP, HOWEVER, WHEN HE IS ARRESTING A FRIEND OR RELATIVE HE IS A BAD COP!). THIRD, EVERYONE SHOULD THINK, IF IT WAS YOUR FRIEND OR RELATIVE IN AN ACCIDENT SEVERLY INJURED WOULD YOU WANT THE MEDIA THERE TAPING THE SCENE. OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEAL WITH THE SCUM OF THE EARTH EVERYDAY BECAUSE SOCIETY DOESN'T WANT DO, I THINK SOCIETY SHOULD FIRST PUT THEMSELVES IN POLICE OFFICERS' SHOES BEFORE THEY MAKE HARSH JUDGEMENTS AGAINST THEM!
SUPPORT THE BADGE!

I watched your video several times. I noticed when your reporter pans his camera, there is a fire truck with it's lights on about 5 feet in front of him. It looks like he set up right in front of an emergency vehicle. How could anyone manuver around him if he's set up that close to an emergency responce vehicle? I also noticed from the other camera mans angle, that the vehicle on the other side of him is a border petrol vehicle. So, that reporter is set up in-between two emergency vehicles! You can also see in that same shot that the plain clothes people have radio's on their belts and are also officers. This guy is standing between two emergency response vehicles. He was told by an officer, who was wearing his saftey vest, ID and uniform, to stand back. The tape also shows the man being a wise guy to the officer. I didn't hear him ask the officer where he could set up. He just got smart then asked the officer for his name. The officer gave it to him, spelled it out for him and told him he could meet with the chief if he didn't like it. I think this guy was given every chance to move. He was arrogant, he was set up to close to emergency response vehicles and he was mad because he didn't like to be told what to do. The police shouldn't have to screw around with guys like this. The reporter could have backed up to the other side of the street and still zoomed in to get his pictures and he would have been out of the way. He became part of the problem. He was trying to get a shot that none of the other camera people had. The other camera people didn't shoot from there for a reason. The police department shouldn't have to deal with guys like him at a crime scene.

Why is it that when a cop is out of line he does nothing wrong? I have seen the ego trip on some of the police in the area. I do respect authority but he was just out of line. I hope victor has his name cleared and the officer gets some kind of punishment.

Just goes to show how some individuals with badges feel they can tell citizens what rights freedom of the press allows them. It's sad that this individual figure of authority lost his cool. He should be reprimanded and a public apology should be made as it was made very public. To the reporter, keep up the good work... as we, the public, do count on you to give us as much information about news since we normally learn about the facts from you.

I was shocked to see Victor Castillo being arrested on the six o'clock news today. Seeing the video totally shows that the Mission officer was out of line. You could see that Victor was not interfering with the crime scene since he was standing in the store's parking lot.
But yet you see the officer escorting him thru the crime scene to put him in the patrol car. If this Mission officer treats the media this way how is he treating the regular joe out there during a traffic stop. I believe the City Of Mission and Police Chief should have this officer fired for interfering with the right of freedom of the press. This gives a bad name to the Mission Police Department.

Officer McCrea is someone who abused his power and needs to be put on suspension because we do not need officers like this.

REMEMBER....Freedom of press, freedom of speech freedom of whatever you want. But Media is still a normal citizen like any joe off the street. In a crime scene the top authority is the Police not Victor Castillo or, any other news organization for that matter. Go MCREA you did you job and i applaued you sir.....

So, what else is new with that Mission Cop. Just watch how PC will try to sweep this under the carpet.
Mr. Castillo, don't feel bad. You were only trying to do your job. I did not see you do anything wrong. I cannot see how these people will be able to justify his actions. Thank goodness for video.
I still have to live here. They are good to single you out.

Clearly there is two sides of this story. Either way the Mission Police Officer was way out of line with his manner towards Mr. Castillo. I hope he gets fired, but knowing Mission PD, he won't even get a slap on the wrist.

I think the cop in Mission should be fired. It looked like the news reporter wasn't in any ones way preventing them from doing there job. I hope the reporter comes out of this OK.

The officer depicted on the video is the reason police officers sometimes get a negative reputation.
He is clearly overly aggressive while approaching an unarmed man setting up at a safe distance to cover a news story. However, even if the officer had been approaching a private citizen trying to capture the happenings with a cell phone camera, as has become so common an occurrence, both his tone and demeanor were clearly unprofessional and unnecessarily aggressive in nature. If he is having a "bad day," he should make the conscience choice to take a day off or seek counseling from his police department for such inexcusable behavior.

I agree with filing a lawsuit as well. I don't understand how these you buck officers can think the have the power to do what ever they want. In the news last night, the video captured was shown by the courtesy of KNVO. My question is, why wasn't the reporter from KNVO or other news stations harrased like Trevino was? I hope that smart alecky officer gets what he deserves, which I think would be a demotion or suspension.

The safety of our officers? What threat was there to his officer and the rest of them? They were standing around talking while BP were taking away the drugs. How was his safety in the line? What about Victor's saefty? He was threated verbally by this officer and he was in Victor's face. Does Victor not have any rights as well? According to you his safety isn't a concernt at all.

As professionals we have to know that the safety of our officers should be first.

I hope Action 4 News files some kind of lawsuit. This was completely embarassing for a New Organization who has the public's respect in their professionalism and their dedication to bring TRUE NEWS!! ACTION 4 NEWS I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE ENTIRE VALLEY IS BEHIND YOU AND EXCELLENT JOB ON THE NEWS REPORTER BEING PROFESSIONAL!!!!

It is sad to see our tax dollars just being handed out to people like these. "we are paying to be treated like animals", I've seen it many times. They dont deserve to be called officers, why dont they use that energy on real criminals. To me it looks like he was making every effort to protect the identity of the criminals involved.

Perhaps, he gotted arrested for his accent. Which is uncalled for. You can see clearly that he is at a good distance. So I can't understand the behavior of this officer. To make matters worse, when Mr. Castillo is handcuffed and escorted and taken away he is walkded right in the center of the crime scene.
The officer should be reprimanded "publicly"!
No one is above the law, maybe he needs to be taught that.

Disgusted.

For one if Victor was in a bad spot he did move after the officer told him. The officer got irritated after Victor laughed and the Office wanted the last word. Both were disrespectful to each other beginning with the Officer. Officer Should have approached with courtesy and respect and he would have gotten the same in return. Police Officers sometimes they forget that they are here to help too. I have been disrespected too. I may not have a degree but I do have manners and courtesy, that my father taught me to respect the law and your elders and help the disable and old people or those who cant help themselves.

Channel 4 needs to air the WHOLE story - not the middle of the story AFTER Victor was ASK to move back BEHIND the emergency vehicles like the rest of the media. The things he throw out to the officer were not aired. He was asked to move back for his SAFETY. This was a scene for the police department to investigate. Just because he is a reporter does not give him authority not to obey the law. He chose to think he was ABOVE THE LAW - he is the one that needs to apoligize - McCrea was only doing his job.

After watching the video, I am so bombarded as to how UNprofessional the cop handled himself. What a jerk! I really hope Victor Castillo gets all charges dropped, he did nothing wrong. Please keep us informed as to what happens.

This officer was out of line. If the reporter was set up where he should not have been, he should have responded and acted in a different way. NOT the way he did. Imagine all the other times that he looses his temper and not caught on tape. He showed us how some officers abuse the public just because they have a badge. It will be thier word against ours and if you argue, well your arrested for disorderly conduct or not obeying an officer. The officer should be punished for his actions and should be an example to others that want to do the same. They need ATTITUDE 101. He just put the city of Mission right up there with Los Angeles, California.

The officer acted in a very unprofessional manner. Officer Mcrea immediately broke three laws 1) He violated Victor's Freedom of the Press right, 2) He nearly denied him Freedom of Speech, 3) He could have violated Victor's civil rights. In the state of Texas if a person is 100 feet or more from a crime scene and are not in any immediate harm then they are within legal distance. Victor was clearly more than 100 feet away. By looking at the officer's body language and vocal tone i can determine that his heart rate and adrenaline levels are elevated, possibly due to the chase. This could be what caused him to react in the manner that he did combined with lack of self-control and mental power that comes with having a badge.

Sounds like something that would happen in Mexico, where many police and federal officers protect the interest of narco-traficantes.....but I'm just saying...

I have family who are police officers and I can't believe how this officer acted. He was cocky and arrogant to say the least. Just because he wears a badge and has authority over people doesn't mean that he has the right to treat people that way. The reporter was only doing his job. He is a disgrace to the department and our race. I hope other officers in his department don't behave this way. We need to respect others if we want their respect. He should be reprimand, WITHOUT pay or suspended indefinately. If I was the reporter, I would press charges on him for putting his hands on me. That was uncalled for.

How humiliating it is for that officer. You know, to have to watch his foolish behavior on television. He MUST feel like a total idiot after realizing that there was NO need to communicate with someone you're "concerned" about. WHAT A LOSER!!! The yelling, agressive confrontation, abuse of authority and the singling out of an individual was RIDICULOUS!!!!

Once again, a metal badge went to his head.... If this man was truly concered about Victor's safety, shouldn't he have taken a different approach? What a JERK!!!! HOW unprofessional!!! I watched the video and noticed that Victor kept his cool and was compossed the entire time.

That police office was way out of line. What didn't
he want the news media to see?? In our opinion
this was an arrest without cause and he should be
removed from his employment

This is mostly typical of most law enforcement officers, while not all them, most. They forget that they are "public Servants" paid by tax payer money. They believe that just by going to an academy that makes them better most people. I have seen officers belittle people, with very prestigious positions and very well educated people. To me that is wrong because as they want to be respected they too, have to respect people. Just because you get a speeding ticket doesn't make you a criminal with no rights. And anyways if it weren't for traffic violations most cities would have a budget deficit, and probably less officers would be on patrol, because after its all said and done it is a business. Back to rudeness, it is every where. Customs officers are very offensive too, they act like they are doing people a favor just for them to be at there post. For what I have heard they make very good salary to be there, but they still are sometimes very rude and disrespectful. The last time I went to Mexico I had enough not to want to go again (I am US citizen), and it wasn't because of violence,it was because of CBP officer which act like they are gods and where just minions.

.....anything less from a moron cop who prolly can't pass the psyche test at a bigger department?

Some police officers feel that they can do whatever they like just cause they have a badge. I've seen officers mistreat people and lie on police reports just cause they can. I would say about 90% of police officers have a chip on their shoulders for whatever reason. The other 10% are good hard working men and women. I don't think this officer should be fired, but he should try not being a jerk.

I just want to say that most police officers treat people like they own the world. Our family has been treated one too many times in this manner and we have seen people dragged away because the police officer does not want to listen to reason. They belittle you and make you feel you are doing something wrong even if you are not. I commend you Victor your an awsom reporter and you go above and beyond the call of duty to let the people be informed of what is going on in the valley. Stand up for your rights and clear your name cause you did nothing wrong.....Good Luck

Of course the reporter just laughed it off what was he suppose to do get mad and cause a scene and now give the officer a reason to arrest him? Also whatever the situation is, does law enforcement have to be rude? I wonder if this officer has ever heard of please and thank you (sure does go a long way)? A person can be firm with their position on any issue but always remember to be courteous. As the saying goes "lo cortez no quita lo valiente". Morality 101, Ethics 101, and Respect 101 should be taught to some officers. To all you men and women in any uniform thank you for your service but please make sure you are respectful and courteous to all you serve, because you never know when you or a loved one can be in that situation.

Just because he laughed it made him a jackass? I could understand the officer telling him to move because he is in front of an fire engine but to talk down on a person is innapprotiate. He goes off on Victor because Victor told him don't talk to me like that and the office still continued to talk down on him saying I can talk to you like that threating him that he was going to arrest him. The office then yelled his name out being the jackass that he is and was clearly in Victors face. Victor laughed it off because the guy was a joke, but this officer kept going at him. He's the one who is the jackass not Victor. Seems like from one jackass to another you would know huh Mr. Bartley?

I hope Chief Longoria does something about this officer because clearly he isn't in the right state to be an officer. I hope your name gets cleared Victor and keep up the good work you do.

"The other reader from mission is right,the media is only reporting this type of abuse because it happened to one of your own.This abuse of power goes on all the time especially in bigger agencies like this one and especially"BROWNSVILLE POLICE DEPT" I know that you guys don't report it because the cheifs give you the scoops on all the good stories and stuff.I hope the Mission Police Cheif grows some nuts and punishes this moron cop and is forced to appologize. I guess it won't happen because he's probablly related to someone with money like the "Bensons" or something..

GO MCrea..... Thank you for doing your Job and securing the scene as we are expected to do. Cause we all know if you hadnt made Victor move and then he would have been injured or something had happened then the public opinion would be......why did that officer let him get so close, or why did the officer let him get in the way, look mission Police doesnt care about their scenes. Mcrea Stand tall. You did your Job, and you know that...as i said in my last post this isnt the first time Victor was in the way or defiant of law orders. Flood water up to his chest....why dont you get channel 4 to play that archived video....you know why they probably wont... because when he was dragged out of the water it clearly shows he was then to in fact interfering with public duties.....So quick to judge.....

El miedo no anda en burro verdad mi poli?

I am a police officer myself, and I feel that most officers are out of line because they wear a badge. They are rude and heartless. I want to say this to all officers out there. "Hey guys they should have taughts us "Morality 101" in the police academy because God knows you all need it. Oh, and by the way you don't get paid extra from being ugly to people. I want to apologize to all the citizens who have been mistreated by any police officer for no legitimate reason. Please excuss my colleagues, hopefully they or one of their loved one is never treated the way they have treated people.

I am disappointed by all of you. As a Law Enforcement Officer we are charged with Public Safety as well as scene security. This officer was just trying to secure this accident scene. on another note i was Present at another situation after Hurricane Dolly where this same Reporter went into flood water to try to get good video, and then proceeded to stand behind a rescue boat in chest deep water as they were trying to start the boat to go rescue a family held in their house as flood waters rose due to a broken levee. I watched this reporter delay Rescue efforts as well as put him self and rescuers in danger having to deal with him......Everybody is so quick to Judge.

This is ridiculous how can this "Officer" sleep at night? Chief Longoria can you please take a look at this officer closely. He may be about to loose it on someone and then the city will have a huge lawsuit. I respect all the men an women in any kind of uniform, but what the person wearing the uniform needs to realize is that it is a privelege to be able to be in the uniform. If you were given that privelege then use make sure you represent it extremely well. Maybe this officer needs to go back to basic training and remember that he is a person who is there to serve the public not to be so sarcastic with the public. You wanted to make the news now here you go, but did you really want to make the news like this. Do you know what you just did to your family? You are a disgrace to the uniform and should be reprimanded!!!! Chief Longoria please take a look at this individual who just made your department look like a bunch of ego maniacs what let the badge get to their head. To all other officers my respect and gratitude to all of you. Thank you and I hope officers like these receive some sort of punishment.

You see that is what I have always said. I respect the law but sometimes you see the darnest things that are wrong but according to the law it is correct. YOU channel 4 should investigate more in depth some of the stories that go on in the valley that is not how it goes when you report them, until it happens to one of your own, I sometimes don't agree on your or law side but it is the law. I hope Victor Castillo can clear his name. As for the law, they should think twice before they act.

Victor, you have my support, and keep up the out-
standing job you are doing. This bone head police
officer should be fired and told to take a hike.
He is no good and the Police Chief should fire
him and other in his command like him. This
officer does not need to wear a badge and pistol.
FIRE HIM RIGHT AWAY.

RADiaz

You can tell from the video he setup directly in front of a fire engine and other press were off in another (apparently acceptable) area. You can also tell by the audio he was disrespectful to the police officer and laughed it off like a jackass. He was warned, disregarded the officer and was subsequently arrensted. Good for Mission PD. It's high time that the media get back into the job of investigating and reporting news and stop creating it.

I think that this investigator McRae should be repremended or be supended tryig to be a bully just cause he is an officer of the law. Just cause we citizen obey the law and we are the ones who get arrested. What about putting him in jail for wrongfully arresting Victor Castillo.

That officer clearly passed the jerk test required to become a law enforcement officer...thankfully, cameras were there to capture the situation. His behavior should not come as a surprise to the public, since he just proved to us that the stereotype that officers have is true. He deserves a serious repremand, but I'm sure that he'll just receive a slap on the hand.

My support to Victor, this goes to show that the mental state of some of the officers here in the valley is not always the best, I suggest counseling for that police officer, I too once experienced such an unfair treatment by some Hidalgo lady cop once when given a ticket for speeding... I understand the risks and the kind of pressure they face on their jobs, but that doesn't justify them taking it down on regular citizens...

It's sad to hear but true some officers feel that they are the law instead of of using the laws to protect us. I was arrested for P.I. after being informed that my vehicle was hit by other vehicle in the parking lot of a night club when I stepped out to file a report. I had just returned to brownsville after 20 years. As an ex-deputy sheriff of North Carlonia I felt that I was totally done wrong. Not knowing anybody but my mother I just it let go. Law enforcement officer have a hard job but they should always put themselves in the vicmit shoes depending on the sitution.

I too have experienced the disrespect, and verbal abuse by this officer, I am a citizen of Mission and feel that most officers are good and courteous towards the general public. I am surprised that the police chief has not taken any action. I guess that the next step is to talk to a councilman or maybe the mayor.

anonymous