Texas State Trooper Forced To Get Counseling For Taking An Instagram Picture With Snoop Dogg

NBC – A Texas state trooper was ordered to get counseling after he posed for a picture with rapper Snoop Dogg, which the state Department of Public Safety concluded “reflects poorly on the agency,” according to documents made public Wednesday.

The trooper, Sgt. Billy L. Spears, was in uniform working at the South by Southwest music and technology festival in Austin last month when Snoop asked Spears to pose for a picture with him, according to a letter from Spears’ attorney to the department.

After the picture appeared on Snoop’s Instagram account — with the caption “Me n my deputy dogg” — a supervisor drove 80 miles round-trip to deliver the counseling order, which is dated March 24 and was first reported by The Dallas Morning News.

“While working a secondary employment job, Trooper Spears took a photo with a public figure who has a well-known criminal background including numerous drug charges,” says the order, which Spears’ lawyer, Ty Clevenger, made available Wednesday. “The public figure posted the photo on social media and it reflects poorly on the agency.”

In letters to public safety officials and prosecutors, Clevenger wrote that, in fact, it was Snoop’s publicist who took the photo, not Spears. And Spears didn’t have a clue about Snoop’s long arrest record, the letters said. In an online post Wednesday, Clevenger said that’s because, “believe it or not, some folks don’t watch TMZ or read People Magazine.”

Alright, so it sucks poor Trooper Spears is getting called out like this and being forced to go to some bullshit “counseling” sessions that he has to sit through on his off days. But I’ll be honest, I got to imagine no matter what punishment comes his way short of being fired, it was all worth it right? I mean look at that picture. Awesome picture. Awesome caption. “Me n my deputy dogg.” That’s you man, you’re Snoop’s deputy dogg.  And it’s blasted right up there on his Instagram account, 4.4 million followers.  4.4 million people saw you hangin’ with your boy Snoop Dogg.  Seriously what’s more important to a cop than street cred? How can a police officer possibly do his job well if nobody respects him? I mean look at this guy. Does this look like the face of a guy with an OUNCE of street cred?

Not a chance. Well, at least not until now, where he has a permanent copy of him and his boy Snoop Dizzle posted up at SXSW like a boss. Just print that out and pin it on your dash when you’re making your rounds, I think you’ll find information is a lot easier to come by when they see you’re BFF’s with a rap legend.