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  Ditching the 72-Hour 'Cooling Off' Period for Cops Won't Be Easy or Simple

  January 3 at 4 a.m.

  One part of the police reforms advocated by Dallas police Chief U. Renee Hall worries me. Apparently in response to calls from community activists for a more level playing field where police shootings are concerned, the chief is in favor of doing away with the so-called 72-hour “cooling off period”...

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  Community Leaders Discuss Botham Jean and Race

  Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  “What is your first memory of racism? How did it affect you?” “What most frustrates you about current race relations in America?” “Do you think your race changes the intensity of your reaction to Botham Jean’s shooting than for a person of a different race? If so, how?” These questions...

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  Dallas Police Department Wants To Cut College Requirement for New Officers

  Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  As the Dallas Police Department continues to fight high attrition rates and low staffing levels, department officials said Monday they want to get rid of one of DPD's most onerous requirements for new recruits. Assuming the Dallas City Council signs off on the change, the department will take on recruits...

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  Guyger/Jean Case About To Put Dallas Through the Wringer

  Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas confronts an enormous moral and psychological challenge in the case of former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger, charged with murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean, a young accountant killed Sept. 6 in his own apartment. This is one we have to get right, and it won’t be...

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  Former Dallas Cop Amber Guyger Indicted for Murder in Botham Jean Shooting

  Friday, November 30, 2018 at 1:38 p.m.

  A Dallas County Grand Jury indicted former Dallas Police Department Officer Amber Guyger on murder charges related to her shooting and killing her neighbor, Botham Jean, in early September. Guyger shot Jean in his apartment, believing he was a burglar.  Guyger entered Jean's apartment on Sept. 6 after completing her...

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  Dallas Cop Arrested on Controversial Revenge Porn Charges

  Friday, November 30, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  A 32-year-old Dallas Police Department senior corporal has been arrested on revenge porn charges, DPD announced in a brief statement Thursday. Tarrant County authorities have charged Alexander Cleland with Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material, a Class A misdemeanor. Cleland turned himself in to Tarrant County officials in Keller...