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8 Jun 2011, 5:27 am by Federal and Extradition Defense
For Gomez, it didn't matter that Raleigh police don't participate in 287(g) because the Wake County Sheriff's Department, which runs the local jail, does. [read post]
25 May 2011, 1:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Sheriff said "no," but it's a safe bet Bexar isn't the only county in which Washington is seeking such an arrangement. [read post]
23 May 2011, 5:00 am by Kevin
 City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Superior Court; Dennis Herrera; Wayne Snodgrass; Andrew Gschwind; Harry Gower III; Robert Baysinger; Alisa Hollander Ella Yip; Adena Gilbert; Charlotte Woolard; Gail Dekreon; Ronald Albers; Vaughn Walker; George Bevan; Robert Dondero; Sandra Margulies; James Marchiano; A. [read post]
12 May 2011, 9:18 am by Mark Bennett
The judgment in Cause No. 61141-243-2 in the 243rd Judicial District Court of El Paso County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the sheriff of El Paso County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment. [read post]
9 May 2011, 10:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For that reason, to me this is almost must-pass legislation for Texas in 2011, though few outside sheriffs and county commissioners have paid much attention to the bill. [read post]
7 May 2011, 8:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's an interview with the fellow who reported the alleged extortion.Prostitution storiesA former Houston police officer was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a prostitute, while a Harris County deputy constable was murdered after an argument over money with a pimp whose employee's services he'd just enjoyed. [read post]
1 May 2011, 12:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The costs come at a time when we are laying off county law enforcement officers, have fewer prosecutors in each court to try serious cases and are short more than 300 Harris County sheriff's deputies.Grits has been hammering away at this theme on Harris County jail crowding for many years. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 4:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack is suggesting privatization of the Harris County Jail, a lockup that's collectively larger than the prison systems of 20 US states. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 6:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ruben Diaz, who heads the sex crimes unit at the Harris County sheriff's department, [who] said it was very rare to find the perpetrator of a new sex crime among those already in the registry. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 7:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Sheriff Greg Hamilton said the Travis County Jail has an average of 400 inmates with mental illnesses each day, though the Austin State Hospital has only 299 beds. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 4:00 am by Steve Lombardi
About 11 pm on Sunday, a Yavapai County Sheriff's deputy was traveling north on I-17 near Hwy 179 when he saw headlights ... 15. [read post]
10 Apr 2011, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ruben Diaz, who heads the sex crimes unit at the Harris County sheriff's department, said it was very rare to find the perpetrator of a new sex crime among those already in the registry....Other states are also balking at the federal standards. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 4:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
We've already witnessed Dallas constables laid off in the budget cycle last fall, and Harris County Constables in Precincts 2, 4, and 5 are now laying off officers because of the budget crunch. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 1:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"Last week alone, more than 840 people accused of misdemeanors remained jailed at a cost of about $38,000, or $45 per person daily plus processing expenses, Harris County Sheriff's Office records show. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 4:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Easily the most effective change to improve police oversight in Houston and other civil service cities, without costing the taxpayers a dime, would simply be to re-open police disciplinary files; hundreds of non-civil service cities and every Texas Sheriff operate just fine under the Public Information Act, and so would civil service cities if they were brought back under its umbrella.Another key, too-often neglected transparency issue: Former Harris County DA Johnny… [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 5:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
She said her brother had a strange raspberry-colored mark on his chest, which his family suspects might have been caused by a Taser.Police told Cathey's family he suffered cardiac arrest as they tried to book him into the Harris County Jail, but Cathey's visible injuries left his family wondering why his heart stopped. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 1:32 pm by The Farber Law Group
King County has agreed to pay the family of Christopher Sean Harris $10 million dollars after Harris suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was slammed against a concrete wall by King County deputies. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 7:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The jail system is already dealing with the constraints of a limited mental health system, said Daniel Smith , counseling and education manager for the Travis County sheriff's office.About 20 percent of the approximately 2,400 inmates currently at the Travis County Correctional Complex and Travis County Jail are on psychotropic drugs for a mental illness. [read post]