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17 Feb 2017, 6:26 am
The airport’s Protocol Office arranged four escorts for Rebeca Sosa, a county commissioner, and three for her sister. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm
The MHS Resolution Agreement resulted from an investigation initiated by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) after MHS reported to OCR that protected health information (PHI) of 115,143 individuals had been impermissibly accessed by its employees and impermissibly disclosed to affiliated physician office staff. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 10:07 am
By contrast, at the Travis County Sheriff's office down the street, if a deputy engaged in the exact same misconduct, their file and the results of the investigation would all be a public record.Similarly, Dallas and El Paso are the two largest cities which have not adopted the civil service code, and the public in both of these cities gets greater transparency about misconduct at their police departments than do nearby towns where police operate… [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 5:25 am
See coverage from the Texas Observer, Hot Air, the Dallas Observer, and Legal Insurrection. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm
In a letter dated August 22, 2011, from Children’s Vice President of Compliance and Internal Audit and Chief Compliance Officer Ron Skillens to OCR Equal Opportunity Specialist Jamie Sorley, Mr. [read post]
29 Jan 2017, 6:42 am
That's a problem not just for public accountability but also for prosecutors. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 10:05 am
” Increased Public Awareness of Prosecutorial Misconduct There has been increased public awareness about abuses by state attorneys, true. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 1:08 pm
The Office of the Alameda County Public Defender has even filed hundreds of motions requesting the court to keep accurate records. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 1:08 pm
The Office of the Alameda County Public Defender has even filed hundreds of motions requesting the court to keep accurate records. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 12:00 am
As with Point 1, these actions resulted in needless costs to the taxpayers of Collin County as well as personal, emotional, and financial costs to the defendants. [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 9:30 am
Dallas County is implementing a couple of significant criminal justice reforms, as described in this Morning News article. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 8:37 am
Here are a few odds and ends which haven't made it into independent Grits posts but merit readers' attention.More Harris County bail litigation Harris County faces additional litigation over excessive bail and unnecessary pretrial detention, reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 8:05 am
Luna County, N.M., officer catches up, tases her nine times, and breaks her ribs after she declines to “passively submit. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 10:01 am
*Ask CCA candidate why she won't use public defendersTexas Court of Criminal Appeals candidate Mary Lou Keel stopped using the Harris County Public Defender Office because of a dispute with some of their attorneys, and the HCPD won't say what it involved, the Houston Chronicle reported. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 8:15 am
Dallas arts patron sells painting (“the Red Rothko”) to financier for $19 million with expectation that the sale will be kept confidential. [read post]
17 Sep 2016, 1:34 pm
To their credit, the same publication ran a much better article last month titled, "The Organizational Reasons Police Departments Don't Change. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 9:58 am
Former Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins, for instance, was elected to head the Dallas County District Attorneys’ Office after serving as a public defender as well as a bail bondsman with a successful private criminal defense practice. [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 9:43 am
Grits believes we should celebrate by eliminating it and merging Texas' two high courts.Focus on recurrent deaths, medical care at Harris jailAccording to an article in the Huffington Post, which prominently quoted Harris County Public Defender Alex Bunin, "Texas largest jail hasn't learned much from Sandra Bland's death. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 3:53 am
Specifically, financing an increase to the Dallas Police Force of 546 police officers, which would add 200 new officers to their ranks and replace the 346 police officers who have left, or who are expected to leave, the DPD this year. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 4:11 pm
Working with the Dallas Police Department and DPS (the Texas Department of Public Safety), these defendants were allegedly involved in a drug business operating in Dallas County. [read post]
