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WEIMAR – The City Council held a regular meeting on Thursday, June 8 to discuss an issue that has been raised involving a former officer employed by the Weimar Police Department.
During the citizens presentation and public comments section, citizens voiced their concern as to why a former Weimar Police Officer was arrested in Rosenberg while wearing a Weimar police uniform as reported in a news broadcast and article by ABC 13 in Houston.
According to an article by ABC 13, Christopher Cannon was arrested in Rosenberg for impersonating an officer at a construction site. The report said that Cannon was seen in a police-style uniform with a gun in his holster and was in possession of a Weimar Police Department badge.
Rosenberg police said that Cannon responded that he was working an extra job, but found that the officer was not currently employed by the agency matching the uniform, according to the ABC 13 article.
ABC 13 reported that records for the Texas Commissioner on Law Enforcement show that Cannon is not currently employed by any police agency.
Cannon was formerly employed with the Weimar PD until being terminated in February 2023, as previously reported by The Citizen.
Prior to working for Weimar PD, Cannon was em- ployed by the Eagle Lake Police Department in September 2022 until December 2022, as reported previously by The Citizen.
Mentioned in the ABC 13 article and reported previously by The Citizen include allegations against Cannon involving claims of bigamy.
In March 2023, ABC 13 noted that Cannon was indicted on two counts of tampering with or fabricating evidence by agrandjury,whichTheCitizen has also previously reported.
Council was not able to discuss or deliberate due to the topic not being posted on the final agenda. Towards the end of the meeting, council held two executive sessions, one regarding the police chief and the other regarding the city manager. Both executive sessions were held at the end of the meeting, in which citizens were able to voice their concerns talked about due to the nature and importance of the topic.
After the executive session with Weimar Police Chief Jacobs, citizens were able to make comments similar to what was made in the public comments and Chief Jacobs was given the opportunity to respond to their comments including about the location of the badge, gun and how Cannon would have had possession of this.
“He was relieved of all of his equipment: his gun, his badge, his side arm...everything. His identification... everything, but the shirt and pair of pants that he was wearing, and he brought those back to us, so we got everything back,” Chief Jacobs said. “So, when we were called in reference to the badge that was found, we were questioned about it and we said yeah, if he’s got one it’s stolen.”
Jacobs said he contacted the district attorney and said the district attorney advised him that it’s only a theft, even if he stole it from the police department. Jacobs said the theft would be considered a Class C theft, similar to writing a parking ticket.
In April, Cannon was arrested for tampering with a government record after the City of Columbus Municipal Court Clerk reported to Columbus Police Department that Cannon had presented an insurance card ahead of his trial for tickets relating to a crash that occurred in December when Cannon was off-duty with ELPD, according to a release.
ABC reports that an investigation occurred, and a judge signed a probable cause affidavit for his arrest When Rosenberg police arrested Cannon, he was arrested and picked up on an open warrant, ABC reports. Officials say Cannon has since posted bail and was released from Fort Bend County Jail, according to the ABC report.
After the executive session with City Manager Mike Barrow, the item died for the lack of a motion.
Council also discussed and considered possible action regarding Dale Alexander with God’s Corner Store, a non-profit, to request to sell items from the Farmers Market building that Texas Ramps Project leases. Alexander said selling the donated items will help when they are overstocked. The council approved.
During the meeting, the mayor signed proclamations acknowledging June 4-10 as National Garden Week and designating June 26-30 as Boys and Girls Club Week.
