Christian Pinilla biography: 10 things about Duncanville, Texan cop

Christian John Pinilla is a Hispanic American police officer from Texas, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is a resident of Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas.
2. Aside from Farmers Branch, he has lived in other parts of Texas including Dallas, Mesquite and Carrollton.
3. He has lived in different parts of Arizona, USA including Phoenix, Glendale and El Mirage and in different parts of Michigan, USA including Waterford and Clinton Township.
4. He is the inventor of the integrated firearm accessory platform for mounting within and being secured to a firearm handguard. He applied for its patent on August 4, 2016. The application was granted on December 26, 2017.
5. In 2018, he joined the Duncanville Police Department in Duncanville, Dallas County.
6. Just after 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2020, he saved a baby who was left alone and strapped into a car seat in a Ford Explorer with the windows tightly closed on the 900 block of Gemini Avenue in Duncanville.
7. On September 14, 2020, non-profit organization Safe Kids Greater Dallas honored him with a lifesaving award, Fox 13 News reported.
8. In December 2020, he was accused of police misconduct on duty. He was put on paid leave while the sheriff’s office was conducting an independent investigation.
9. On January 5, 2021, he was arrested on three counts of official oppression and booked into the Dallas County Jail in Dallas. His bail was set at $3,000, according to the Dallas Morning News.
10. He was 40 years old when his case was discussed on December 15, 2022 during the commission meeting of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) in Edinburg,  Hidalgo County, Texas.