Amber Alerts Are Often Ineffective. A New Law Gives Local Police More Control.
Delays in dispatching the alert system mean that some children fall between the cracks.
Delays in dispatching the alert system mean that some children fall between the cracks.
The Texas Tech defensive lineman interned with the campus police during the pandemic and hopes to improve law enforcement from within.
Governor Greg Abbott has sent a thousand state cops into Texas border communities to combat smuggling. But many locals complain that they are more of a nuisance than an effective crime-fighting force.
Sally Hernandez, Kim Ogg, and Catrina Shead speak about the importance of working together to protect a city's most vulnerable residents.
How Zena Stephens became the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in Jefferson County.
Last week, former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was convicted on 18 charges, ranging from rape in the first degree to forced oral sodomy, after being accused of sexually assaulting 13 women. The case ended up making national headlines, and the details of how Holtzclaw raped so many women–and
Don’t post anonymous shooting threats.
Come back through, Willie/Snoop/Nelly/Fiona Apple!
We can't ignore law enforcement's failure to secure proper medical treatment.
On Monday, per WFAA, the state’s top law enforcement official will be charged with multiple felonies.
Solid reporting from the University of Texas School of Journalism investigates the gender and racial makeup of law enforcement in Texas.
Burleson County law enforcement apparently prefers officers use a different standard than rock-paper-scissors when determining infractions.
A Dallas County ADA was arrested for DWI over the weekend. Will Susan Hawk, Dallas’s new District Attorney, use this as an opportunity to differentiate her office from that of her scandal-plagued predecessor?
The resignation of longtime sheriff Lupe Treviño in March didn't end the funny business in Hidalgo County law enforcement.
The top law enforcement official in Hidalgo County pled guilty to money laundering charges—here's what that means for the Valley.
A federal lawsuit filed by Dr. Glen Hurlston claims that the former chief of police in Princeton, Texas—who currently holds that role in the Austin suburb of Kyle—and several of his fellow officers harassed him while the chief had an affair with his wife.
Last Thursday, 28-year-old Alfred Wright went missing after his car overheated. His shirts, pants, keys, and watch were found in a pasture—but the Sabine County Sheriff's Office called off the search on Monday, saying that there's "no evidence in this investigation that leads authorities to believe that there is foul
High-speed chases are dangerous, and now more avoidable.
UPDATE: The Hudspeth County Sheriff's department bites back at Fiona Apple's public comments about her Sierra Blanca bust.
How Conrado Cantu, the sheriff of Cameron County, lived down to people’s expectations of South Texas law enforcement.
Psst! Looking to have somebody murdered? You might want to call Gary Johnson, the number one hired killer in Houston. Then again you might not. You see he works for the cops.
What does McAllen’s Guillermo González Calderoni know about Mexican political corruption—and when will he start talking?
Drunken boaters have turned a popular lake near Dallas into deadly waters.
Are the legendary lawmen necessary? Yes, but their inability to grapple with the modern world threatens to make them irrelevant.
These fourteen Texas sheriffs are everything you thought a sheriff ought to be. But look quick; the old-time county lawman is riding off into the sunset.
State highway patrolmen hate the 55 mph speed limit almost as much as other Texas motorists do, and for better reasons.
Lock your doors. The police have given up trying to catch burglars.
Houston police said they shot Randy Webster because he pointed a gun at them. Randy’s father set out to prove they were lying.
If you ever go to Houston, you’d better walk right. You’d better not gamble, and you’d better not fight.
Those who enforce our narcotics laws often use the stuff themselves.