Crime & Police

There’s been an increase in antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Dallas hasn’t been spared.

Gun buyback events haven’t proven to reduce crime, some say, but they can help in other ways, especially when an NBA Hall of Famer is involved.

The chase that resulted in four deaths on a Dallas freeway this week is the latest example of something that’s more common than you might think.

Averie Bishop made history by becoming the first Asian-American Miss Texas in 2022. Now the McKinney native is running for office – and winning awards along the way.

DPD is still investigating a 2023 incident in which officers laughed at a disabled veteran who soiled himself after being denied access to a bathroom.

Three men, including one who police say was the “main source of supply” for many recent fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths, were sentenced to federal prison.

North Texas law enforcement agencies have been working behind the scenes to address human trafficking, and their efforts have been paying off.

A special unit in Dallas has been responding to mental health calls for nearly six years, and it’s been working.

The Dallas Police Department has sent all of its backlogged sexual assault kits out for testing in 2023. But that’s not the case for all of North Texas.

Police in both Dallas and Tarrant Counties are still piecing together the grisly details of how a driver hit and killed a man in Dallas on Saturday night.

Strip clubs and escort services, as well as adult video stores in Dallas, will now have to close in the early morning hours. Not everyone is happy.

Part of a startling trend, this is just the latest IT failure Dallas County has faced in 2023.

Four people, including a 1-year-old boy, were killed on Royce Drive in Dallas on Dec. 3. Texas leads the nation in 2023 in mass shootings.

“It is never a good day when we see that happening anywhere,” said Stacy Cushing with the Anti-Defamation League.

Plano police say a local business has been dabbling in prostitution after finding some graphic online reviews of the alleged sex workers.

The team has been working to make the city safer in some of the most crime-heavy areas in Dallas, but their contract expired in April.

The proposal will likely be rejected, but more people are thinking about a meaningful moment in Dallas history and where a Santos Rodriguez Road should go.

Members of the Community Police Oversight Board are “adversarial,” according to the president of the Dallas Police Association. One says she’s just for civil rights.

Murder is still up in Dallas but other violent crime has gone down. The city’s police chief says more officers are needed to keep moving in the right direction.

State Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Republican from Fort Worth, wants more regulation of hemp-derived products to ensure they’re safe and staying out of the hands of children.

Gun buyback programs can get guns off the streets, but there’s little evidence to suggest they work to reduce gun violence.

Hackers behind another cyber attack in Dallas say they’ll release private data if they aren’t paid soon. It’s just the latest Dallas area IT nightmare.