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30 Sep 2007, 2:02 am
The administrator of the Bexar County jail, Chief Deputy Dennis McKnight resigned this week in the wake of internal changes under the new Sheriff, reports the Express News.In this writer's opinion, McKnight was probably the most innovative jail chief in the state, so this will be a major loss for Bexar County, which struggles daily with overincarceration problems. [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 1:10 am
Thanks to Grits (yet again) for posting this email he received from Bexar Jail Administrator, Dennis McKnight. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 11:05 pm
Reacting to this Grits item about retarded or mentally ill defendants in jail who've been declared incompetent to stand trial, Bexar County Jail Administrator Dennis McKnight adds some thoughts via email about what else needs to be done:Two other problems need to be addressed. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 2:50 am by Mary L. Dudziak
  Legal history-related panels include:ThursdayConfiguring the Cold War: Constructive Courtroom Narratives in Dennis et al v. [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 2:44 am
Those buildings would cost about $500,000 and could be ready by mid-September, said Jail Administrator Dennis McKnight. [read post]
30 May 2007, 6:14 am
Dennis McKnight, the county's jail administrator, said the overcrowding problem was "beyond critical. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 1:08 pm
Bradford has yet to concede, though, and there are still 10,000 uncounted provisional ballots; as of the most recently reported numbers, Lykos was ahead by around 5,000 votes.Congratulations, Lupe, now fix the jailIn Dallas, Sheriff Lupe Valdez defeated her Republican challenger by a 55-45 margin with the help of higher than usual central city turnout, giving her four more years to figure out how to get the jail to pass inspection.Step One: Don't Get Indicted for BriberyIn Bexar County,… [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 3:53 am
It'd be nice if somebody with some gravitas who's highly respected in Bexar County criminal justice circles (perhaps like former GOP Sheriff's candidate Dennis McKnight, who IMO could do a lot in that position) apply for the job. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 10:47 am by Kevin O'Keefe
Education Industry Reporter edited by Attorney Dennis M. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
Bradley in the highest profile local race in Houston this year.Bexar Sheriff: Congrats to Grits reader Dennis McKnight, who handily won his GOP primary race, while Democrats Amadeo Ortiz and Andy Lopez will face off in a runoff. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 10:58 am
This was an approach favored by Bexar County Jail Administrator Dennis McKnight, who wrote last fall:Over the past two years I have suggested the police quit arresting non-violent misdemeanants, file the cases at large and summons the defendant to court.Both bills leave discretion in the hands of the officer to arrest if they think they need to, but it saves the officer time off the street, and reduces the need for jail space to house low-level offenders - a two-fer in my book.In… [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 7:44 am
(For juveniles, not every county has a detention center and in some cases out in West Texas police must drive more than 100 miles to the nearest pretrial youth lockup.)Rather than dismiss the statute as just something for liberal Austin (Bexar officials more than Travis backed the proposal at the Lege, actually - their former jail administrator Dennis McKnight first came up with the idea), a better approach would be for reporters to localize the story, particularly in counties with… [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
Regular readers know I think tent jails are a security disaster because, as Deputy Dennis McKnight told commissioners, they invite problems like "drive-by shootings and contraband being thrown into the tent area. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 8:26 am
(As an aside, I've now heard about half a dozen different Sheriff's Departments and nonprofit groups claim credit for coming up with this idea - I first heard the idea from the jail administrator in Midland, Dennis McKnight who's running for Sheriff in San Antonio has long backed a similar proposal, and bill sponsor Jerry Madden told me it was former state Rep. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 5:47 am by Rob Robinson
HIPAA Privacy – http://t.co/2b9Jebw (Philip Gordon) InfoGovernance: The Time for Legal and IT to Work Together is Before a Litigation Crisis Hits - http://t.co/TWOsKuh (Lorrie Luellig) Laura Zubulake in Her Own Words at Carmel – http://tinyurl.com/4xe2htn (Chris Dale) Legal Issues in the Cloud: What CIOs Need to Worry About – http://t.co/BaPHDLm (Lisa Banks) Managing Records Means Managing Assets, Risks and Cost – http://t.co/aMFwyFB (Nicole Stempak) News International to… [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 5:47 am by Rob Robinson
HIPAA Privacy – http://t.co/2b9Jebw (Philip Gordon) InfoGovernance: The Time for Legal and IT to Work Together is Before a Litigation Crisis Hits - http://t.co/TWOsKuh (Lorrie Luellig) Laura Zubulake in Her Own Words at Carmel – http://tinyurl.com/4xe2htn (Chris Dale) Legal Issues in the Cloud: What CIOs Need to Worry About – http://t.co/BaPHDLm (Lisa Banks) Managing Records Means Managing Assets, Risks and Cost – http://t.co/aMFwyFB (Nicole Stempak) News International to… [read post]