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25 Aug 2007, 5:31 am
In Travis County (Austin), "The Sheriff's Department estimates booking people caught with four ounces or less cost more than $1 million in 2006," reports KVUE-TV.That doesn't even include thousands of other low-level, non-violent misdemeanants who cycle in and out of the county jail. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 7:30 am by Eric Quitugua
If you receive a suspicious phone call from someone demanding payment, contact the Travis County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 854-9770. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 7:41 am by Susan I. Nelson
Deportation Nation As an Activist Anthropology student at the University of Texas Cato studies the Travis County Sheriff’s Department. [read post]
1 Feb 2023, 4:44 pm by Texas Legal News
Travis County, TX (February 2, 2023) – A Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured as a result of a truck crash that took place on Tuesday morning in Travis County. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 6:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If nothing else, Travis County should begin providing attorneys with a comprehensive list of calls to and from their client that were monitored or recorded. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:24 am
AP reports that Travis County (Texas) Sheriff Greg Hamilton has agreed to let federal immigration agents set up an office in the county jail to more often monitor whether inmates booked into the downtown facility are legally in the United... [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 9:47 am
From Wednesday’s Austin American Statesman, Sheriff defends allowing immigration officials to have office at jail:Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton encountered sharp criticism and a smattering of support Tuesday for his decision to allow federal immigration agents to establish an office at the Travis County Jail.At two public forums, Hamilton defended the decision, saying the sheriff's office is simply… [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 7:34 am by guest-writer
Ricky Wheeler of the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department told sources that was “just the way he was brought into our jail. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 7:30 am by Eric Quitugua
If you receive a suspicious phone call from someone demanding payment, contact the Travis County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 854-9770. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 5:15 am
Long said the change was made because the work-release program dealt with very low-level misdemeanors where safety was of little concern - after all, the inmates were being released every weekday, anyway.TCSO public information officer Roger Wade told me the Sheriff believes the county needs more jail beds in the near term, but I continue to believe Travis County doesn't need to expand jail capacity, particularly in light of Long's assertion… [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 12:31 pm by Staff
The photo ID office for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office will also be open between 3 and 5 p.m. [read post]
28 Mar 2008, 8:37 am
"Rusnok said the agency has many programs that partner with local law enforcement to combat crime.However, fear of imprisonment and deportation deters many victimized immigrants, including victims of domestic violence, from cooperating with local police, Tzintzun said.Roger Wade, a spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff's Office, said the expanded collaboration with ICE is not a new program. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 11:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But in this case, Travis County faces none of those pressures.Commissioners Shea and Travillion want to build a jail because the Sheriff wants it, not because the county needs one. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 8:26 am
Darren Long of the Travis County Sheriff, the data reported to TCJS understates how many defendants in the Travis jail are pretrial detainees. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 1:42 am
Alan Bernstein Director of Public Affairs Harris County Sheriff’s Office Since I've been accused of spreading "misinformation," let's run through these arguments, shall we? [read post]
16 Jan 2010, 4:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg announced yesterday her office would begin staffing prosecutors 24-7 to more rapidly vet cases brought by police, reported Steve Kreytak at the Austin Statesman: Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said today that she would soon assign a prosecutor to work overnight with police to evaluate new arrests and ferret-out any that are not legally and factually sufficient. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 12:24 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
A 23-year-old Hesperia man died Thursday while he was in the custody of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, authorities said. [read post]
26 May 2012, 7:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Bottom line: "My sense is Charlie Baird will be more willing to try new things and move more aggressively to improve processes when errors happen, if only because he'll have no personal, institutional stakes in defending the status quo, a reflex which from time to time seems to stymie the incumbent," who will have worked at the Travis County DA's office for forty years when the next term ends. [read post]