Bert Dillow biography: 13 things about Harris County, Texas deputy who attacked Carlos Rodriguez

Bert Dillow is a white man from Texas, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 1984 to 1988, he attended Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. (a)
2. From January 1990 to December 1993, he was a correctional officer at the Texas Department of Corrections. (a)
3. From 1994 to 1997, he attended the Community College of the Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama, USA where he studied security administration. From January 1994 to December 1997, he was a security police/specialist at the U.S. Air Force in San Antonio, Texas. (a)
4. From April 1998 to October 2012, he was a Baytown Police Department officer in Baytown, Texas. (a)
5. On January 20, 2002, he and two other Baytown Police Department officers were involved in the in-custody death of Luis Torres in Baytown. (b)
6. From January 1999 to January 2003, he volunteered as a Baytown Police Explorer Post instructor. (a)
7. From October 2012 to March 2015, he was a plant operator at Enterprise Products in Mont Belvieu, Texas. (a)
8. In January 2015, he volunteered as a Second Baytown Church usher. (a)
9. From March 2015 to May 2016, he was a Enterprise Products measurement technician. (a)
10. In February 2017, he became a Harris County Constable Precinct 3 deputy constable in Harris County, Texas. (a)
11. In January 2018, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement certified him as a master peace officer. (a)
12. In September 2018, he became a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy in Harris County. (a)
13. On March 26, 2021, he was caught on camera punching Carlos Rodriguez, then 16, in the face while arresting the teenager at a convenience store in Houston. He was placed on administrative duty on April 1, 2021 and was terminated on April 28, 2021. (c) (d) (e)

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SOURCES:

• a. Bert Dillow
• b. Chron
• c. Associated Press
• d. Katy Times
• e. ABC 13