East Mountain Texas Police Department

East Mountain Texas Police Department The East Mountain Police Department is a small East Texas PD focused on the safety of the citizens it serves. Please reach out anytime!!- Chief Rathbun

The Chief has an open door policy and is focused on improving the quality of life in East Mountain.

08/25/2026

Good morning East Mountain. Yes, we had a few drops of rain this morning. Yes, the burn band is still in effect. Please don’t burn conditions are still very dangerous. Have a great day

Chief.

08/16/2026

🚨🚨 Story Time🚔🚔

Let me set the scene for you……..

Imagine a beautiful August day……… not a blade of grass moving, not one!

Typical August temperatures of around 103.

I’m driving around looking to see if any bad guys needed my attention

“RING RING RING”………. It’s the Batphone

I get a call from friendly citizen saying there is a bit of odd behavior at a house on the mountain. Cars in and out of all different shape color makes and models.

Weird thing about it is, no one lives in the house as it was just sold lock stock and fully furnished.

Well being right around the corner, I’ll swing by.

You could imagine my surprise when I noticed this oddly placed car in the driveway.

Hard break, U Turn, pull in!

You would imagine the surprise on her face when she noticed the police truck behind her car.

I started a friendly chat with the soon to be client of the local grey bar inn.

I asked what she was doing there and if she had permission to be removing items from this residence

She said she did and that she was just looking around

As luck you have it I just so happened to have the property owners phone number and have a bit of knowledge that in fact no one had permission to be in or around the house let alone removing items.

The owner was perplexed as to why there was a stranger removing items from the house.

Having the property owner wishing to sponsor a one way trip to the Upshur County Jail, she was placed under arrest for criminal trespass to begin with.

Then the property owners were able to identify a few items like a very spiffy MK purse and lots of tools

Winner winner county jail dinner,

The good news was our little burglar was no longer under arrest for criminal trespass,

The bad news…….. she’s now under arrest for burglary of a habitation and that my friends is a 2nd degree felony.

We left the scene together and enjoyed a quiet air conditioned ride where we had time to reflect of the choices made this day.

Her choices led her to Camp Booked Inn

My choices led to to catch a burglar red handed!!

It was good to get the owner’s property back!!

Say cool! Don’t go in houses that don’t belong to you and help yourself to fashionable items

That is all

Chief 

08/16/2026

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Story time coming…….. tomorrow 🤣

08/16/2026

Huge shoutout and congratulations to the East Mountain VFD on the new engine they added to they fleet today! It was a honor to be invited and involved with the push in ceremony today!! It was a privilege!

Effective today!!!
08/06/2026

Effective today!!!

Today’s story time is sponsored by Methican American Motors….. for all your vehicle repair with stolen parts needs!!So……...
08/01/2026

Today’s story time is sponsored by Methican American Motors….. for all your vehicle repair with stolen parts needs!!

So…….. I’ve received several complaints from citizens on Floy Lee Rd located in the City of East Mountain.

The complaints vary from high Houston style traffic up and down the road from unknown cars to high octane bike week motorcycle rallies at 3am!

With all the commotion, the citizens thought they were in a time warp where The Daytona 500 mingled with bike week in Sturgis !

One resident in particular seemed to be the main focus of such sleep interrupting activity.

Officer Hollis and I came to the realization that our sensitive feelings were hurt because we have yet to receive an invitation to the party!

We decided we would invite ourselves this evening.

We dressed for the occasion and while our vehicles were not the high performance machines of mayhem that would warrant such an invite, we came anyway!

Well, before we could make our grand appearance, as luck would have it, one lonely Wayfair Evil Knievel passed in front of me.

After I waived him past he did his best impression of Johnny Blaze and opened his Iron Steed all the way open to…….. 70 in a 55.

I assumed he wished to give me directions to the party so I hit the ole Berries and Cherries and we found a nice shady spot to converse.

He in fact did not wish to converse with me but since we were already here…… might as well inquire to his plans for the evening.

Come to find out, not only was the bike not his but he didn’t even have a motorcycle endorsement, or a valid drivers license, or insurance or registration.

What he did have was an interesting story about the m**h pipe in his back pocket.

Wouldn’t you know it, he was holding it for a friend. I mean who hasn’t done that before?

After a thorough search of him and the steal pony, no other contraband was found, apparently his friend consumed consumed satans salt already!

Eventually his fellow bikers arrived to see where their long lost friend was. It was also discovered that they were in fact the party planners that party planned nightly over the past few weeks.

They in turned brought the party to us and we greatly appreciated that!

We learned that the Galla goers were all one big motorcycle club and they enjoyed congregating on Floy Lee at their VP’s (short hand for Vice President) residence.

They assured me they were just a club and not a “gang”. I believed them because obviously Sons of Anarchy” they were not!

I had a heart to heart with the VP and politely asked that they police themselves or we would be more than willing to do it for them.

I was assured the problem would stop and the rough riders were free to go, minus one motorcycle.

Severallllllllll court date invitations were extended and a message was sent!

The message:

We love high horsepower, slicked up, shiny, modern day thoroughbred machines powered by American ingenuity and spirt as much as the next person but not at all hours of the night in our quiet little village……… oh and we want you to know that we know about your m**h fueled all weekenders and we plan on being the party poopers if it continues!!

Have a great safe, peaceful cool weekend

Chief and Officer Hollis

08/01/2026

🚨🚔🚨🚔 story time coming 

07/30/2026

Happy Birthday Neal McCoy Multi-Platinum Country Artist from your friends at the East Mountain Texas Police Department!!! Have a good one buddy!!!

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Gilmer, TX
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