Trooper who arrested Bland disciplined last year
The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after a traffic stop in Prairie View on July 10 had been disciplined previously for misconduct, agency records show.
Brian Encinia, 30, who has been with DPS a little more than a year, was warned about his conduct in November 2014 for an incident that had occurred sometime in the previous two months.
"Trooper Encinia was given a written counseling for unprofessional conduct ... for an incident that occurred at a school in Austin," DPS officials wrote in a performance evaluation of the then-probationary officer. "In the future, Trooper Encinia should conduct himself at all times in a manner that will reflect well on himself, the Department, and the state of Texas."
Additional evaluations listed Encinia's performance as "competent." The incident is the only disciplinary action noted in about 80 pages of records that DPS released Friday night.
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The records, which include Encinia's job application and personnel file, provide some additional details about his background before joining DPS last year. According to the records, he studied at Texas A&M University, graduating in 2008. He had previously worked as an "ingredient processing supervisor" at Blue Bell and served as a volunteer firefighter at the Brenham Volunteer Fire Department for four years, rising to the rank of district fire chief, according to his resume.
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