Crime & Police

The ranking places Dallas at the back of the pack in this year’s list of safest cities. We fell behind other Texas metros like Austin, Houston and El Paso.

A Chime customer claims that he lost more than $6,500 when his phone and wallet were stolen in Dallas. He hopes his story serves as a cautionary tale for those who use the fintech company’s app.

If confidence in the pension fund dwindles, the city could see a repeat of what happened in 2016 and 2017: a mass exodus of police and firefighters.

A new report, “Hate in the Lone Star State,” details significant spikes in antisemitism in North Texas. Extremism experts are sounding the alarm.

“With somebody like him and his offenses, there may be an increased chance that something like this could happen,” Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said.

This is the third DPD officer shot in the line of duty this year. He’ll be back on the beat, but not before he and the department have taken some key steps.

The police department is seeing some success with its crime reduction plan, but that doesn’t mean things are rosy, especially when compared to other cities.

The latest batch of frauds aimed at Dallas Water Utilities users mirrors earlier rounds carried out in July and September 2022.

The North Texas cities hope that the new technology will give first responders the best information to serve residents and save lives.

After Happy Hippies was raided this week by police, the store owner says he did nothing wrong.

Cruise Robo Taxis will begin operating in downtown Dallas soon. Does the city have a plan for how police will deal with them yet?

There’s no shortage of oddball developments in the case of the Texas Attorney General’s pending impeachment trial.

In recent days, officers with Dallas police and other North Texas law enforcement agencies have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

There hasn’t been a street takeover in Dallas in months. But local and state police are still dishing out tickets and arrests for stunt driving and street races.

In August, residents and City Council members will weigh in on the proposed budget, which covers public safety, housing and homelessness, and much more.

Information from some of Dallas’ 13,400 employees may have been compromised during a cyber attack against the city earlier this year.

The Lone Star State continues its quest to become the state with the most apprehended insurrectionists. The latest is a man who ratted himself out online.

A pair of North Texas teenagers were federally charged in connection to a string of local fentanyl poisonings and deaths.

Dallasites are waiting longer than ever before for police to arrive after they’ve been called.

Each of the bodies were discovered at different time in the same area, near the alleged killer’s home.

The Dallas Police doesn’t have current data, which includes the summer, when a large chunk of aggressive driving problems occur.

The city of Dallas is asking people to refrain from giving to panhandlers, and other notices featuring similar framing have cropped up throughout D-FW.