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20 Feb 2007, 6:47 am
" Stan Thedford, a former sheriff's sergeant who is president of the Dallas County Sheriff's Association, had similar concerns. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 1:10 am
Last August, the DEA arrested a Dallas County jailer accused of tipping off drug dealers to what appeared to be a small-time local narcotics conspiracy. [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 6:01 am
The system may not care about wrongful convictions (Texas has one county, Dallas, with a conviction integrity unit), but inmates do. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 9:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
After I wrote in support of Dallas county prosecutors filing a civil removal petition in Dallas against Constable Jaime Cortes, a Grits commenter opined that it "would be interesting to read a post about that obscure recall process. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 6:10 am
As I've reported before, the jail system in Dallas County is a mess. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 8:48 am
Kaufman County Sheriff Edward Byrnes is setting a good example for other Sheriffs and police chiefs around the state.While other departments who catch officers engaged in misconduct often let them resign or terminate them without pressing criminal charges, Byrnes says that that practice encourages "gypsy cops," or officers with checkered histories traveling from department to department ("Sheriff: No staff leniency," Dallas News, Sept.… [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 8:48 am
Kaufman County Sheriff Edward Byrnes is setting a good example for other Sheriffs and police chiefs around the state.While other departments who catch officers engaged in misconduct often let them resign or terminate them without pressing criminal charges, Byrnes says that that practice encourages "gypsy cops," or officers with checkered histories traveling from department to department ("Sheriff: No staff leniency," Dallas News, Sept.… [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 6:40 am
This consequence was foreseeable as the sunrise with Dallas County's rapid hiring of young, inexperienced jailers, and it's just as predictable that a bad incident will occur that creates more problems for the county. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 4:34 am
Tanya Eiserer at the Dallas News is arguably the best crime-beat reporter in the Lone Star State, and a well-researched article last week about pursuit policies at the Dallas Sheriff and constables' offices is a good example why I say that.After "Dallas County constables [were] involved in two of three police pursuits that occurred in the span of two days, including Monday's 90-minute chase that ended in a T-bone crash in Garland,"… [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 1:55 am
Heck yeah: In response to Buzz (by Patrick Williams, July 19), and Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez "making liars out of everyone who ever said things couldn't get worse at the jail," well, they ARE worse.As a first-time offender in my 45 years here in Dallas County, I walked into the Lew Sterrett Justice Center to clear up a 3-year-old misdemeanor ticket. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 9:08 am
I'm not sure how I missed a new report (pdf) from the feds last month about improvements and deficiencies at the Dallas County jail, but the story by Kevin Krause at the Dallas News ("New report finds Dallas jail improved but still falling short on health care," July 22) contains a good analysis of what's been accomplished at the jail and the mainly healthcare related shortcomings USDOJ says they still need to address. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 3:16 pm by Texas Legal News
On February 2, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office rushed to the scene of a major motor vehicle accident on Interstate 30. [read post]
28 Nov 2020, 7:44 am by Texas Legal News
Investigations are currently underway with the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office. [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 8:12 am
"In January 1965, Cooper stood in line for hours outside the Dallas County Courthouse to register to vote until Sheriff Jim Clark ordered her to vacate the premises. [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]