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8 Jan 2009, 2:49 am
Just as a newly reconstituted Harris County judiciary approved a new felony mental health court, the Council on State Government's Justice Center has produced a series of public policy primers on creating and operating mental health courts, which are an increasingly common approach in Texas toward a difficult-to-manage population of defendants:Mental Health Courts: A Primer for Policymakers and Practitioners Provides a general overview of this program model and… [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 5:57 pm
Last Friday 15 TSA agents joined officers of the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the METRO Police Department, and the Precinct Seven Constable's Office in "a synchronized, counter-terrorism exercise that focused on bus stops and shelters and transit centers. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 9:39 am
Houston Chronicle by Susan Carroll After a Harris County jury awarded the family of a 21-year-old garbage collector more than $1.4 million in a wrongful death lawsuit, the penalized company filed an appeal based on an unusual legal argument. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 8:09 am
"Depositions scheduled in crime lab retaliation caseTop Harris County officials are scheduled to be deposed next week in a lawsuit by two former crime lab supervisors "who allege Harris County prosecutors retaliated against them for exposing serious flaws in how local police tested suspected drunk drivers. [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 11:54 am
Texas arrested more than double the number of 17 year olds in 2008 compared to 2015.Texas juvenile probation directors are split on the question of raising the age, with Harris County's opposing the bill but others, including in Dallas, more supportive. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 6:06 am
For example, if Bob bought his Toyota Camry at Super Dealer in Houston, Texas and Bob ends up moving to Austin, Texas; then Bob will need to file suit in Harris County, not Travis county. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 7:51 am
Shooting hogs form helicopters is still okay.Harris County won't privatize jailToo much risk and uncertain savings. [read post]
3 May 2012, 10:30 am
Here's this week's round up of forensic news: Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos, has publicly disclosed issues that a controlled substances analyst has been suspended for problems in casework. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 2:40 pm
"A rare CCA victory for 'weenie wagglers'Mark Bennett brings word of a win by his former officemate Melissa Martin at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which found that Harris County's longstanding standard charging language in indecent exposure cases was defective.Law enforcement administrators losing control of deployment, promotion decisionsIf I had more time and energy, I've got a rant brewing about the difficulties faced by law enforcement… [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 8:23 pm
FWIW, Craig Watkins' Dallas DA office has been the most aggressive in pushing for quick execution dates - 4 of the executions scheduled post-Baze are from Dallas County; no other county including Harris has more than one.UPDATE: Ohio's high court actually held a hearing and decided their state's three-drug protocol didn't meet the new Baze standard. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 11:58 am
(Officially, they heard the Harris County District Attorney's Office motion to stop the hearing, and two days into it, the appellate court halted the proceedings before Judge Fine until further notice.) [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:45 am
Houston, TX (September 18, 2020) – A pedestrian accident reported on Wednesday left one man critically injured in Harris County. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 5:55 am
In Texas, 14 agencies – from the tiny Penitas Police Department in the Rio Grande Valley to the Precinct 7 Constable in Harris County – have used over $1.2 million in stimulus funds to buy automated license plate readers, according to figures maintained by the governor’s office. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 10:23 am
In Bell County, the Innocence Project of Texas has a case where faulty math was submitted as evidence by the prosecution to claim a 6'3" man committed a crime which, an analysis commissioned by the Texas Forensic Science Commission found, was really committed by a man between 5'7" and 5'9. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 9:00 am
The Harris County Clerk’s office has created a wonderful flowchart to help Texans determine whether a small estate affidavit is proper to use in their given circumstances: Harris County also provides a small estate affidavit form (pdf), as well as instructions for filling it out. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 6:39 am
Latest Harvey News Majority of Commissioner’s Court backs proposed flood control bond — A majority of the Harris County Commissioners Court on Wednesday said they would support a large bond issue, perhaps upwards of $1 billion, and a tax increase to pay for it. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am
Under the Texas Occupations Code:Sec. 1704.205. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 4:14 am
He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Harris County Texas Divorce Courts. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 3:03 am
They are even featured on the news channels as well.ABOUT THE AUTHORMichael Busby Jr. is a Divorce, Family Law, & Houston Divorce Lawyer, who practices in Harris County Texas and the counties that surround Harris County, Texas. [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 11:46 am
Tom Coleman worked for one of (at the time) 51 multi-county "regional narcotics task forces" which employed more than 700 narcotics officers across Texas. [read post]
