Constable Ray Helm has permanently surrendered his peace officer’s license and submitted his resignation while also admitting to investigators that he falsely reported training to the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement that he knew did not constitute training for TCOLE purposes. A TCOLE investigation says that Helm “fabricated” documents to “memorialize” the training session they say did not occur.
Helm confirmed that the resignation and surrender of license is part of a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the Texas Attorney Generals’ Office. The deal offered to Helm, in general, is to resign and surrender his peace officer’s license instead of facing criminal prosecution. This also keeps him from being a law enforcement officer in the future.
“I will get through it and make the best of it the best I can,” Helm said. “It is a bad situation. I made my mistakes, that is for sure. I didn’t realize it was that extreme but discrepancies happen with agencies. Anybody can go into any agency and find something. With government paperwork, if you don’t cross your T’s and dot your I’s it can come back and bite you… I take responsibility for it.”
