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25 Sep 2009, 8:21 am
And:Almost a year and a half ago the Harris County Commissioners Court ordered a study to determine if a public defender office could improve indigent representation. [read post]
13 May 2010, 1:28 pm
Harris County, however, is in the process of training police officers to draw DWI suspects blood. [read post]
8 May 2017, 12:47 pm
Last year Harris County Commissioners allocated more than $3.3 million from the general fund to help pay for these reforms. [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 2:49 am
Rather the Sheriff, county commissioners, the DA, judges, and local police must take responsibility for their own role in creating these problems. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 11:50 am
According to a knowledgeable source in Harris County, the Office of Purchasing and Management Services told county commissioners they couldn't assess potential savings without doing an actual request for proposals (RFP), so they did one. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 12:16 pm
As Commissioner, Hage’s responsibilities, along with the other two commissioners, include organizing and documenting all elections that take place in DuPage County during his term, which will end in January of 2013. [read post]
6 May 2022, 11:50 am
The post Harris County Has a Huge Backlog of Criminal Cases appeared first on Neal Davis Blog. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 10:10 am
The county judge and three county commissioners oppose a proposed city-county scofflaw contract, with some describing it as a money-grab by the city and others concerned it could hamper collection of the county's portion of state vehicle registration fees. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 11:30 am
The Harris commissioners court this week approved a $15 million contract to move another 1,000 Houston inmates to the Bayou State, reported the Houston Chronicle ("Harris County rejects leasing Galveston jail, June 4"):the Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved one-year contracts with three Louisiana parishes to house up to 1,000 inmates at a cost of up to $15 million. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 12:30 pm
"University of Houston assistant professor of criminal justice Larry Karson conducted a 2004 study that found more than half of the 129 grand jury commissioners selected in Harris County in a two-year span had close ties to the legal system. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 7:01 am
The extra hours fatten pensions that are calculated on the basis of career earnings.The top-earning Harris County deputy made more than $165,000 last year. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 2:34 pm
As I understand it, the Harris County Commissioners Court has started approving all DA Office hires by name. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 7:16 am
Yesterday the Harris County Commissioners Court bypassed the opportunity to put jail bonds on the ballot as Sheriff Adrian Garcia requested, instead criticizing Garcia for his unilateral decision to take prisoners contracted to a Lousiana jail and move them to Texas counties which charge more money.Commissioner Jerry Eversole said he'd have been indicted if he did the same thing, but I don't think so unless there was some financial or political quid pro… [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 5:25 am
In Harris County, that number is 61 percent. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 7:31 am
It also was a priority for Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee, who led the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council but died a week ago of a heart attack. [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 9:27 am
Harris County officials are seeking a grant to reduce pretrial detention and say they'll implement the policies to do so whether or not they get the money. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 4:57 am
The Harris County Jail has been cited again by the Commission on Jail Standards for overcrowding, but as has long been the case really their problem is understaffing. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 2:48 pm
Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia proposed the name change to honor Deputy Dhaliwal. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 5:53 am
Harris County Commissioners need only look to Los Angeles - where a $74 million jail sits empty thanks to staffing shortfalls - to see where these misplaced spending priorities will lead them. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 12:30 pm
Sheriffs who want to allow immigration officials to detain more immigrants in local Texas jails are running up against a backlash from county commissioners who don't want to foot the bill for federal detainees.I'd identified that problem earlier when Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas proposed such a change as part of his primary re-election campaign. [read post]
