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5 May 2010, 5:30 am
Here's another example how a relative lack of professionalism among constables and other peripheral law enforcement agencies creates liability for county taxpayers ("Dallas County deputies must get OK to put emergency police gear on personal vehicles, commissioners say," May 5):Dallas County commissioners voted Tuesday to ban deputies and other employees from installing emergency police equipment such as lights and sirens on their personal… [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 3:54 am
There is a new free discount prescription card available to all residents of Dallas County, and to many others around the country. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am
The problem is, in counties like Dallas that routinely use authority under 1704.205, nobody has standing to challenge the practice in court. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 2:57 pm
An informant brings word that the Dallas Public Defender Office may soon lose two more spots because county commissioners are requiring courts to assign felony PD lawyers 40 felony cases each month. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 1:28 am
Just what Dallas County needs. [read post]
1 May 2008, 12:21 pm
From star-telegram.com: After seeking the release of two wrongfully convicted men in about two weeks, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said he will lobby in Austin for criminal justice changes, including establishment of conviction integrity units across the state.... [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 2:03 pm
First things first, the recent arrest of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is a big deal here in Dallas. [read post]
Feds sue over Dallas jail healthcare: 'If people treated animals this way, they would be prosecuted'
14 Sep 2007, 5:32 am
The feds have sued Dallas County over poor health conditions in the jail, reported AP yesterday:Federal prosecutors allege in a lawsuit that inmates at the Dallas County Jail are at risk of harm because of unsafe jail conditions and a lack of proper health care. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 1:52 pm
"I give the Dallas County judicial system a positive note," he said. [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 8:20 am
Reports the Dallas News:A visiting judge ordered this week that a petition seeking to remove Dallas County Constable Jaime Cortes from office can proceed, but District Attorney Craig Watkins has not yet decided whether to accept the case, records show. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 5:32 am
If you need evidence that the legal system doesn't really know how to accommodate voice hearing defendants, look no further than delays in a routine misdemeanor case that have stranded a mentally ill inmate for months in the Dallas County Jail on minor charges, as reported in the Dallas News ("For mentally ill man, 45 days stretches into 6 months," March 20): Nicholas Sauve says he talks to angels in his Dallas County Jail cell. [read post]
25 Jan 2007, 8:31 am
Why does Dallas County hold this dubious title, is the title of an OpEd essay in today's Dallas Morning News written by Sheron Patterson,the senior pastor of Highland Hills United Methodist Church in Dallas. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 3:15 pm
Too bad Dallas couldn't get its act together. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 9:18 am
Alan Cohen from Pegasus News spoke to Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price about The Great Dallas Blog Ban. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 8:08 am
At Dallas Sidebar, Proximo, who works at the Dallas County DA's office, says everyone is pulling together in Dallas to accomplish the Herculean (or perhaps Sisyphian) task of reducing the jail population by 1,000 inmates in the next three months. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 4:23 am
I agree with most of what the Dallas News had to say in this editorial yesterday calling for District Attorney Craig Watkins to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes and abuses by Dallas County constables. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 8:09 am
Here's an intriguing story out of Dallas where, despite murky details, on the surface the county's position on vehicle towing doesn't seem to pass the smell test. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 8:24 am
A Dallas County judge appointed to oversee a death penalty case after another judge was recused ruled Thursday that the Texas death penalty statute is constitutional. [read post]
29 May 2012, 3:53 am
As reported by the Dallas Morning News, Dallas County has begun a pilot program to enforce this civic responsibility. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 11:01 am
Most drug possession arrests in Texas are for marijuana, and a little under half of those arrests lead to convictions (48.2% in statutory county courts and 42.3% in constitutional county courts), according to a Texas Department of Public Safety study (for more on this, check out the February 2016 post on Grits for Breakfast). [read post]
