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  What to Expect as Former Balch Springs Cop Roy Oliver's Murder Trial Begins

  August 17 at 4 a.m.

  Former Balch Springs cop Roy Oliver's murder trial began, finally, on Thursday. Oliver's trial, the most anticipated of a Dallas County police officer in decades, will close the loop on more than a year of investigations, protests and delays. On April 29, 2017, Oliver shot and killed Jordan Edwards as...

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  Battle Lines Drawn in Dallas Upcoming Budget, Police Pay Fight

  August 15 at 4 a.m.

  The one thing everybody agreed on Tuesday is that the Dallas Police Department needs more cops. The fight, as Dallas goes through its annual budget process, is going to be over how to keep the officers already on DPD's rolls in the city and how to add new officers at...

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  New Dallas Cite-and-Release Stats Look Like Old Dallas Cite-and-Release Stats

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Eight months into cite-and-release and not much has changed for Dallas or its police department. The overwhelming majority of those being cited-and-released for possessing less than 4 ounces of marijuana — a policy approved by the City Council in 2017 — are black and Latino and in southern Dallas when...

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  Dallas Judge Turns Down Cop's Request for Venue Change in Murder Trial

  August 1 at 4 a.m.

  Former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver will be tried in Dallas, a judge ruled Tuesday, shutting down an attempt by Oliver's attorneys to have their client's case moved to a different county. Oliver is set to go on trial for murder later this month, after shooting and killing a...

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  Dallas Police Central Patrol Stretched to Breaking Point Again Sunday, Officer Says

  July 17 at 4 a.m.

  The hits, according to Officer Nick Novello, just keep on coming for the Dallas Police Department 's Central Patrol Division. Less than two weeks after being left with only a handful of officers — six by the department's count, five by Novello's — to respond to calls July 4 because of...

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  Real Monument to Santos Rodriguez Is a City Rec Center that Looks Like a Prison

  July 16 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas Park Board member Jesse Moreno believes the way for the city to achieve a better tomorrow is by facing up bravely to some very bad yesterdays. In particular, he wants the city to remember and understand July 24, 1973, the day 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez was murdered by Dallas police...