Dear Mayor,
Since 2009, the West Houston area motorcyclists have been
harassed and profiled by Houston Police Department Officer
Holtsclaw (“Officer Holtsclaw”).

Officer Holtsclaw insists on violating motorcyclists’ civil
rights by issuing tickets for loud pipes and other things
over and over again to the same motorcyclists. This is
blatant discrimination against bikers, not to mention
illegal profiling. This unprofessional behavior needs to
stop now!

After numerous complaints filed with the Houston Police
Department (the “HPD”) and City Hall by taxpaying citizens
of Houston, Officer Holtsclaw was pulled off the streets
for a short period of time only to be put back on the
streets again in a different area of West Houston to
continue his campaign of harassing motorcyclists.

We are asking the HPD and its officers for uniform
enforcement of the law. One rogue officer making arbitrary
decisions is not good for community relations nor a
conducive climate of mutual respect for citizens and law
enforcement alike. Our community is outraged. We feel it
is necessary to bring this specific behavior to your
attention and ask for disciplinary action immediately
against Officer Holtsclaw.

Officer Holtsclaw has been counseled repeatedly by the HPD
and needs to be removed from his patrol officer job and
permanently put behind a desk so he can no longer write
tickets. Surely, in a city the size of Houston, there
should be some office job that meets his qualifications.

We expect and appreciate your prompt attention in this
matter.

Regards,

Paul Landers
State Chairman
Texas Motorcycle Rights Association
chairman@tmra2.org

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Response to Mayor Parker from Officer Rickey Holtsclaw, Westside Patrol 1, concerning TMRA Letter:

[21 September 2015] A discussion, relevant to police corruption, noise enforcement in our municipalities, the rule of law, recently arose and while searching for relevant documents on this subject matter, I ran across the following letter from Paul Landers, State Chairman of the Texas Motorcycles Rights Association to Mayor Parker of Houston, Texas.

My reasoning for wanting to share this letter is to show the deeply ingrained “entitlement” mentality so very pervasive in the Loud Motorcycle Cult[ure]; an “entitlement” mentality that has manifest from years of non-enforcement by Federal, State and Local law enforcement relevant to the operation of motor vehicles on our public roadways equipped with non-compliant, illegally LOUD, illegally polluting, exhaust mechanisms.

The LOUD Motorcycle Cult[ure] incorrectly believes that they have a “right” to ride as loud as they choose and it’s their “right” to make that choice; the rule of law, common decency, respect for others are, in the mind of the Loud Biker, IRRELEVANT!

Sincerely,

Rickey D. Holtsclaw, Westside Patrol, Shift 1