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22 Apr 2019, 4:55 am
When Just Liberty analyzed data from the largest cities and counties (PDs in towns bigger than 50,000; sheriffs in counties bigger than 100,000), there were nearly 23,000 Class-C-only arrests in 2018, with nearly 5,000 more made by Texas DPS troopers. [read post]
15 Apr 2019, 6:42 am
If we assume that these departments plus DPS represent 60 percent of traffic stops in the state, and that the average arrest rate for the other 40 percent is the same as in this sample, then Texas law enforcement agencies arrested more than 45,000 people at traffic stops statewide last year, the report estimated.These higher-than-previously-understood estimates are corroborated by Texas Appleseed's recent analysis of jail bookings. [read post]
30 Mar 2019, 8:46 am
*Proportion of jail admissions in Harris County in a four-month 2016 study for which a Class C misdemeanor was the highest charge: 11%.Proportion of traffic stops at which Texas DPS troopers used force against a driver in 2018: 17.02 per 10,000 stops. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 10:35 am
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has convoluted history with blood and privacy. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 6:25 am
In addition, troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were called to the scene as were representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 9:27 am
After that were Denton PD (42), Corpus Christi (24), and Texas DPS (17), with rates headed south from there.Austin police use force at traffic stops more than four times as often as state troopers, and at 20x the rate of the San Antonio PD! [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 12:42 pm
Michael Busby The 246th Divorce Court Houston Texas is located at 201 Caroline 16th Floor as of June 2, 2014, Houston, Texas 77002. [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 4:19 pm
My co-host Mandy "Tiger" Marzullo and I discussed all this and more in the better-late-than-never February episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast:Here's what we discussed on the show this month:Top StoriesHarris County rejects DA request for new prosecutors (2:15)Houston PD can't find informant behind botched, deadly SWAT raid (8:00)InterviewHouse Corrections Committee Chairman James White (14:30)Data CornerConversation with Just Liberty's Chris Harris about Class C… [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 9:20 am
However, about 25,000 names have been shown to be improperly flagged because they became naturalized citizens at varying points between the six year requirement to update a DPS record. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 7:28 am
And they should do so in such a way that does not require all 1.4 million people to show up at the understaffed DPS driver-licenses offices multiple times! [read post]
15 Feb 2019, 4:31 am
Out of a sample of a hundred, Texas DPS said a third were closed improperly. [read post]
10 Feb 2019, 4:54 am
Or, I suppose the third possibility is he's receiving really bad PR advice.See prior, related Grits posts:Third party will review clearance-rate data that spurred ouster of Austin PD division chiefMore than a clerical error: DPS audit proves Austin PD forced out sex-crimes chief for refusing to fake clearance ratesWhistleblower: Austin PD fudged rape clearance rates to boost numbers, pretend hundreds of crimes were solved when no arrests were madeAustin police chief needs better… [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 11:36 am
In a press release, Whitley suggested that Texas’ Department of Public Safety (DPS) identified around 95,000 registered voters who are non-US citizens. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 9:41 am
Parker County west of Fort Worth was #9 in Texas (26,506 tickets). [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 10:30 am
Texas can't reasonably cut further. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 9:14 am
The Texas Senate Finance Committee this morning had a quite-animated discussion over long lines at DPS driver license offices. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 5:11 am
I also had missed this item, on alleged "Corruption and cover-ups at the Texas Department of Public Safety," detailing allegations from a lawsuit filed by a former DPS investigator.No warrant needed to locate Texans with their phones, says CCAThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has declared that the government can use your phone to locate you whenever it wants to without a warrant. [read post]
20 Jan 2019, 11:47 am
” Operations by DPS in Border Region Up Dramatically A September 2018 report by the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) found that in 2016 the total number of criminal arrests made by DPS in the Texas border region was 17,648 while in 2017 the arrest number increased to 22,662. [read post]
19 Jan 2019, 6:38 am
The Dallas News reported alleged conflicts of interest, with the company hiring a former Ranger who's son presently oversees the Rangers at DPS. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 2:42 pm
The DPS LAR only asked for $5.8 million that was taken away from the agency in user fees. [read post]
