Police

In the Boy Scouts' Police-in-Training Program, a History of Abuse

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually assaulted by the cops they hoped to emulate.

Dallas ISD's New Chief of Police Is a Very Familiar Name: Craig Miller of the DPD

Craig Miller, now of the DISD PD​Craig Miller's one of the most visible members of the Dallas Police Department -- has been for years, as Miller served as commander of the Dallas PD's Homicide Unit, its narcotics unit and then as its deputy chief over Crimes Against Persons. Whenever there's a hom ... More >>

The First in What'll Probably Become a Series About Fight Over Crime Near Farmers Market

Tanya Ragan sent this billboard, which has popped up near Dallas Farmers Market and was paid for by an unspecified number of landowners.​Back in May there was a story in The News about attempts to ID so-called "chronic offenders" downtown who are "having a hard time complying with the laws in Dall ... More >>

On Father's Day, DPD Chief David Brown Loses Son in Circumstances That Remain Unclear

Patrick MichelsDallas Police Chief David Brown​It's unusual for Dallas City Hall to send word of a briefing involving the Dallas Police Department, but last night, a little after 10, Frank Librio notified the media of a briefing scheduled for 11:15 p.m. concerning "the incident in Lancaster." By n ... More >>

NY Times Takes on DPD's "Noxious Practice" of Ticketing Non-English Speaking Drivers

​This morning, The New York Times' editorial page insists the tale of Ernestina Mondragon, the first of 39 drivers ticketed by Dallas police for not speaking English to speak up, is merely a symptom of a larger issue: "how local police departments should deal with recent immigrants." (And, no, the ... More >>

Fort Worth PD and TABC Take a Time Out While Both Investigate Rainbow Lounge Raid

Earlier today, the Fort Worth Police Department sent out the following press release in response to Saturday night's raid on the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth. In short, the FWPD's temporarily breaking up with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission till both agencies figure out how the raid on the n ... More >>

Not Two Days After Begging for His Job Back, Robert Powell Resigns from the DPD

Courtesy KTVT-Channel 11Not even two days after he begged for his job, Robert Powell is now a former Dallas police officer.On Tuesday, Dallas police officer Robert Powell went on KTVT-Channel 11 to apologize to Ryan and Tamisha Moats for detaining them in a Plano hospital parking lot for 13 excrutia ... More >>

Dallas City Council to Consider Proposal For Dealing With High-Crime Apartments

Tomorrow, the Dallas City Council will vote on an ordinance that targets "apartment complexes with excessive crime rates," as the council considers revising Chapter 27 of the Dallas City Code, which deals with code compliance in multi-tenant units. It's an extensive overhaul that was first presented ... More >>

Keys to the Jail

There's only one thing tougher than running for Dallas County sheriff—getting people to care

Law Enforcement Labor Reps Lambast Sheriff Valdez for Playing Politics

DPD Wants You

Excelsior!

SMU Top Cop Going to Afghanistan. Not For Spring Break, Either.

Membership Has Privileges

Lost in Transition

"Please Hold For Mrs. Kunkle."

DeKalb County CEO Defends Choice of Bolton. Also Blames Dallas City Council.

Bolton's Back and Better Than Ever

He Didn't Shoot the Sheriff

Busted

It's not just us; two state legislative committees find a culture of corruption at City Hall.

PID on You

Preston Hollow fight showed rich palefaces at their worst

Blame the Other Guys

A former DPD assistant chief over narcotics says she was made a patsy by the city

Stuff It

Dallas City Hall thumbs nose, gives Bronx cheer to Legislature

Rent a Cop

Or else

Monkey Business

Buzz picks a few nits with the year that was

Please, Not a Nut

Oh, it's so scary when they name a new chief

The Wrong Guy

In a bungled hunt for a killer, police wreck the life of an innocent

Sob Story

Buzz sheds a tear for 2003

Fake Justice

What you get when a fake panel investigates fake drugs

Crack Alley

A Dallas neighborhood fights crime using placards and protests

Letters

Ted's Excellent Adventure

City manager fires chief, finds self in hell

No. 1 With a Bullet

Welcome to America's crime capital

The DA Speaks

Bill Hill opens up--a bit--about the fake-drug scandal and Dallas police problems

Ticket to Ride

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

Dirty or Duped?

Who's to blame for the fake-drug scandal rocking Dallas police? Virtually everyone.

See No News, Print No News

The Dallas Morning News sends a crack team to make sure a big story doesn't get covered

Dr. Cop

John Mullen is a modern-day action hero straight out of television, a full-time emergency room physician who fights crime and solves murders on the side

The Untouchable

Complaints of racism, dirty politics, and other fishy business simply roll off Denton County's Teflon sheriff, Weldon Lucas

Contempt of Cop

You have the right to remain silent...later

Crying wolf

Dallas' supposed paramedic shortage isn't all it's cracked up to be

Fallen Angel

True-crime author Barbara Davis fought hard to redeem Darlie Routier's reputation. Now she's caught in her own bizarre web of death, drugs, and family hatreds.

Hot and bothered

The city's ordinance governing topless clubs is a joke. But Bachman Lake-area residents are determined to get rid of the clubs by any means necessary.

Big-time payback

After ignoring a 1979 ordinance guaranteeing pay parity among firefighters and police officers, Dallas may owe as much as $150 million

Bad boys

Legislators try to rein in bounty hunters

Toy boy

Tarrant County Sheriff David Williams lusts for helicopters, Chevy Tahoes, and machine guns, but in the hands of used car parts baron Ed Max, Williams is the ultimate cop toy

Dallas Confidential

The Texas Troubadour's Fatal Rendezvous and other amazing stories from the police department's cold case squad

The Chief, the Scotsman, the Swindler, and the Killer

David Pasztor unravels a tangeled tale of death and international intrigue

Archer County Justice

When a sheriff had sex with a criminal suspect, he called it an indiscretion. She called it rape. and a dallas federal judge called it a $2 million outrage

Buzz

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