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The House Passed a Cell Phone Privacy Measure Yesterday. Police Say It's "Going to Kill People"

Digital rights advocates cheered yesterday after the state House passed a measure requiring police to obtain a search warrant before collecting personal cell phone data. Groups as diverse as the ACLU of Texas and the arch-conservative Texas Eagle Forum have expressed concern that current law, which ... More >>

Dallas Police & Fire Pension Chairman Decries Media Scrutiny, Pushes Back Against Nasher

The Nasher Sculpture Center has been feuding with Museum Tower, its shiny new neighbor in the Arts District, over light, heat and reflectivity for going on six months now. At the end of July, we published a story showing that the tower isn't the only risky real estate project the pension fund has ... More >>

Dallas PD Busts Up Fencing Operation ... But, Wait, Hang On, What's This About Not Answering Under-$50 Shoplifting Calls?

There's just one thing that will get us out of bed the day after the editorial staff's holiday party, on what is (ahem) supposed to be a day off: a City Hall press conference concerning organized retail theft. Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas Police Chief David Brown and Dallas County District Attorney C ... More >>

The Black Police Association vs. The Dallas Morning News (And a Few Others Too)

"Cocksucker?" "Asshole?" You're working for the wrong paper, Tanya.​The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, which represents the area's black police officers, is waging a serious PR campaign against The Dallas Morning News and journalist Tanya Eiserer, a longtime criminal justice reporter ... More >>

This Ain't Detroit: Ron Natinsky Goes After Mike Rawlings For His Union Endorsements

Via.Speaking of...too early? No. Never.​It'll be a shame to see this mayoral campaign season come to an end a week from Saturday now that it's getting so...campaigny. Take, for instance, this email that just arrived in the in-box with the all-caps subject header: "RAWLINGS PLEDGES TO SUPPORT THE R ... More >>

Police, Fire Associations Want to Know If City's Using Super Bowl to Violate Meet and Confer

​I was looking for something completely unrelated on the Dallas County Civil District Court website this afternoon when I came across the petition you'll find after the jump, which was filed one week ago today. In it, attorney Haakon Donnelly -- on behalf of, among others, the Dallas Police Associ ... More >>

The Oft-Heated Back-and-Forth at Last Night's Sparsely Attended Watkins-Clancy Showdown

Photos by Sam Merten​Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins accused Republican challenger Danny Clancy of lying and attempting to be the next Henry Wade at a debate last night at Friendship-West Baptist Church in South Dallas, where Watkins and his family attend church. While Watkins cl ... More >>

Some DPD (and DSO) News & Notes While We Play a Little Early-Morning Catch-Up

​Between the weather and the Rosh a few things fell through the cracks yesterday. Like, oh, former FBI agent Terence Hart's report to City Manager Mary Suhm concerning the funeral procession for Dallas Police Chief David Brown's son. City Hall sent the 11-page doc, and Suhm's accompanying memo, la ... More >>

Grief Turns Needlessly Ugly as Storm Over Friday's Police Funeral Procession Rages On

​I know nobody asked me. But the latest development in the story of the police chief's son is just too much to ignore. Under relentless hectoring by Dallas police unions, City Manager Mary Suhm has hired attorney Terry Hart, a respected former federal prosecutor who worked on Don Hill's gag-order ... More >>

Buzz Gives '09 a One-Fingered Wave Goodbye

DISD's Most Famous Fifth-Grader Will Appear on Ellen Tomorrow

Who Doesn't Want to Be Sheriff?

At This Point, Feel Free to Write In "Unfair Park" on Your Ballot Tomorrow

Don't Do the Crime If You're Drunk and It's Light Outside

Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

The Elite Eight, or: Get Your Mayoral Brackets Ready!

Zzzzz...Huh? Oh Yeah. That Mayor Thingy.

Wherein Max Wells Calls Himself "Max Wells" and Ed Oakley Says He's Already the Mayor

Better Homes

Plus: We Screwed Up and Reluctant Patient

After the Flood

Plus: Still Living, Wrist Slap, We Screwed Up

It's a Dirty Job...

Plus: Play Nice

Union Suit

Plus: The Next Wave; Strand of Evidence

Color Code

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's honeymoon is about to end, if white, black and Latino officers have anything to say about it

Match Game

Get served at Spikefest

In Harm's Way

Changes to workers' comp law and city policy hit wounded police officers

Letters

PR Nightmare

Terrell Bolton didn't get much help when dealing with the media

Catfight!

Laura, Mary says you're a phony! Now now, girls.

Ticket to Ride

It's good news for bad people as low morale saps Dallas cops' will to work

Dallas' Chief Problem

Nobody believes Terrell Bolton anymore--except his friends at Dallas City Hall

Officer Wacko

Is it possible for Dallas police to behave any worse than this?

Those Poor Starvin' Cops

If Dallas cops are so destitute, how come police station parking lots look like the auto show?

Wolf? What wolf?

A humongous lawsuit knocks on the door at City Hall, and we're gonna end up paying--one way or the other

Bolton's blues

Dallas' new police Chief Terrell Bolton walks through a minefield as he tries to reshape the department. His strategy? Wear combat boots.

Lack of confidence

Highland Park officers would like to get rid of their chief, if they could only figure out how

Busted

Even in these boom times, Dallas is broke, thanks to a city council that has been giving away the store

Look back in confusion

Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

The Race Not Run

Republican Bill Hill is running against Democrat Rick Reed for district attorney. Don't think you have a choice.

Good cop, bad cop

How does the Dallas police's "Teflon Chief" Willard Rollins skate past scrapes that could wreck other officer's careers?

Copping out

Dallas turns down federal millions that would put more cops on the street

The Arena Papers

Inside the secret City Hall files: A tale of dupes and deception