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A statewide police union, one of Texas' largest, called Wednesday for the removal of Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot, who last week announced plans not to prosecute certain low-level crimes. Sgt. Todd Harrison, president of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, said in a written statement that Creuzot's plan was "unacceptable." "When he was campaigning for the office, we don't remember not prosecuting crime as part of his platform," Harrison said in the statement. Creuzot, a Democrat who took the post in January, has said his office would no longer prosecute most first-time marijuana offenses and theft of personal items worth less than $750, unless the theft was for financial gain. The district attorney also intends to lessen the use of excessive bail and probation periods, he wrote in an open letter to the public.