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5 Nov 2008, 1:08 pm
That's as big a deal, arguably as important a moment in Harris County's political transformation as was Craig Watkins' upset of District Attorney Bill Hill in Dallas in 2006. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 3:37 am
Before getting back to a few extant TYC-related topics, I wanted to point Grits readers to several news and blog items I've seen this week:More full county jailsHays County south of Austin has a full jail, while the just-indicted Potter County's Sheriff (neighboring Amarillo) says he's not to blame for jail overcrowding. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 2:47 am
In addition, here's a report from a meeting of 75 prison ministry volunteers at a church in Henderson near the new facility.Dallas Sheriff: 'Jail Flaws Not My Fault'Unhappy with the coverage she's received in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez gave a lengthy interview with the Dallas Voice to explain her side of why problems at the Dallas County Jail haven't been fixed. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 12:59 am
What's next: Dallas County constable investigation.Lawyer advising Big D commissioners court on constable investigation dies of swine flu.El Paso: Clean up county corruption is top mandate of ethics panel.State Rep. [read post]
4 Jul 2009, 1:29 am
(Haven't heard an update on where that investigation stands.)The Dallas school district, the Dallas City Council, Dallas state Rep. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 11:40 am by James Warner, Esq.
A former Dallas County sheriff, Valdez ran as an advocate of the Texas working class. [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 6:21 pm
Rodney Ellis has a column in the Dallas News announcing he plans to introduce legislation next spring to improve eyewitness ID procedures and require videotaping custodial interrogations.At Women in Crime Ink, Andrea Campbell discusses "That Murky Question: Time of Death"At Texas Prison Bidness, Bob Libal lets us know the Geo Group (a private prison company) has been indicted in South Texas for an inmate's death.I'd missed this Statesman story last week by Steven Kreytak… [read post]
6 May 2015, 11:14 am by Michael Lowe
Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by any agent of the government, from local police officers to county sheriff’s deputies, to FBI agents or Texas Rangers. [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 8:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Many of the episodes at PDs are shootings or other killings in the field while taking suspects into custody; Sheriffs' numbers are more likely to represent deaths in the county jail. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 2:04 am
Dean's story parrots the false assessment from the Dallas News that Travis County is the only jurisdiction using the new authority. [read post]
10 Jan 2015, 9:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On Friday afternoon, Billy Torres, 40, a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy, was arrested on a charge of burglary of a building. [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 10:01 am by Texas Legal News
On November 30, the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and various other crews responded to the scene of a crash on Texas State Highway 29. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 6:27 am by Texas Legal News
., on August 20, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Addicks Clodine Road. [read post]
16 Jan 2021, 11:08 pm by Texas Legal News
., on January 13, the Bertram Medics, firefighters, and the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a crash on Texas State Highway 29. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 6:15 pm by Staff Writer
  Dallas County Sheriff No Longer Holds Non-Citizen Inmates for 48 Hours   This past September, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said her office would no longer honor every ICE requests to hold non-citizens for 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, past their release dates. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 10:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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 under civil service. [read post]
8 May 2017, 10:15 am
Knowing this, sheriffs from Travis, Dallas, Harris, Bexar, and El Paso Counties, along with police chiefs from Dallas, Houston, Austin, Arlington, Fort Worth, and San Antonio begged the legislature not to pass this awful law. [read post]