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There’s not much to Coffee City, Texas. Two liquor stores, a couple of dollar stores, a pizza joint and a motel. But this town, which is three hours north of Houston, has quite a reputation among those who drive through.
“A lot of officers policing a very small number of people,” motorist Jen Hendricks said.
“They run back and forth, back and forth,” Bill Knous said.
“They’re everywhere, literally everywhere,” Madison, who didn’t provide her last name, said.
The city limit sign on the side of State Highway 155 reads “POP 249.” In a town of barely 250 residents, there are 50 full-time and reserve officers in the department. That is five times the number of cops than any town its size, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records.
From Wikipedia: Coffee City, Texas.
