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26 Jan 2016, 9:35 am by Dave Maass
As police cars patrol the city, they ping on license plates associated with the fees. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 8:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In recent coverage of the Dallas City Council's budget vote, the Texas Tribune demonstrated that it's actually possible to describe the cuts accurately:The movement gained traction in Austin, where city councilmembers in August voted to immediately cut about $20 million, or 5%, from its police department and redirect those funds to things like violence prevention, housing and mental health services. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 9:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The city has a reputation as liberal, but these data evidence quite authoritarian policing practices compared to other large Texas jurisdictions.However, this isn't just a capital-city story. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 3:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The stories of Texans shot by police will receive a lot more scrutiny soon.The Texas Tribune has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for "a massive open records effort that will track fatal and nonfatal police shootings from 2010 to 2015 in Texas’ largest cities. [read post]
10 Jun 2024, 7:34 am by Yosi Yahoudai
The city’s Black population increased dramatically during World War II when slave descendants migrated west from Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 9:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Let's talk for a moment about public safety in Austin.The argument for Prop A - the GOP-backed initiative to force the city of Austin to hire 500+ more police officers - is premised on the notion that Texas' capital has become uniquely dangerous as a result of the city council's anti-law enforcement policies. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 9:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Police management may frequently disappoint when it comes to punishing police misconduct, but they're 1) closest to the problem and 2) the only ones empowered under state law to do it (at least, for Ch. 143 civil service cities like Austin and Houston). [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 8:42 am by Nicole Reustle
 And many cases have no justification, creating liability exposure for cities and police departments. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 11:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Last year, Grits lamented bullying behavior by the Dallas Police Association at the Texas Legislature, so I'm unsurprised to learn they've resorted to similar tactics at the city level. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 8:48 am by [email protected]
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said the whole city mourned the loss of one of its police officers, the Dallas Morning News reported. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 8:48 am by [email protected]
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said the whole city mourned the loss of one of its police officers, the Dallas Morning News reported. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 1:12 pm by Robert Guest
I have a lot of 17-19 year old clients who feel targeted by small town police departments. [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 7:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's in the ballpark of the 4% reduction approved by Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick in 2017 for the Texas Department of Public Safety, for example. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 10:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The stories exposed that the Houston Police Department rarely disciplines officers for misconduct and abuse. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn has asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton if an apparent crackdown on raw milk couriers by the Texas Department of State Health Services and city health departments is legal. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 4:22 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
These are remarkable numbers considering Texas' population has continued to grow and Texas cities have big budget incentives to write more tickets, not less. [read post]
22 Sep 2017, 6:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In looking at Texas police departments, from that list of the 100 largest cities, there are about 12 or so cities that are in Texas. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 8:56 am by Mark A. Anderson
The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating what could have caused the utility worker to flee the scene in a single vehicle crash. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 7:07 am by Ben Hiltzheimer
According to former Texas appellate judge Michol O'Connor, the time has passed to wonder about what can be done to address Houston's notorious wrongful conviction problem, just as the time has passed to wait for the Houston Police Department to fix the problems on their own. [read post]