The Daily Post
October 31, 2013
How the Austin Police Department’s Batmobile Technology Prevents High-Speed Chases
High-speed chases are dangerous, and now more avoidable.
Police
The Daily Post
September 19, 2013
Texas Officers Put Their Policing on Social
Cops take to their cameras with #tweetalongs—but is it fair for officers to tweet out pictures of the people they stop?
The Culture
September 9, 2013
Book ‘Em Horns: Between the Lines of UT’s “Campus Watch”
More minutiae from the University of Texas at Austin's infamously comical police blotter, including memories from longtime author Darrell Halstead and the story of a student who "made" Campus Watch.
January 21, 2013
Meet Dallas’s Hip-Hop Cop, ‘Lucille Baller’
“You see this bullet right here, I’ll stick it from they rooter to the tooter,” raps Lt. Regina Smith, now suspended.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Bum Steer: Man Tries to Pay for Lap Dance with Crack
Sheriff's deputies arrested 26-year-old Ricardo Luna, who allegedly tried to use crack cocaine as payment for a $10 lap dance at the XTC Cabaret strip club in Austin.
True Crime
August 1, 2009
Bringing Down the Dogmen
The bust that nabbed Houston’s top dogfighters was the work of two gutsy undercover cops who knew that the only way to infiltrate this secret world was to become dogfighters themselves.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1998
A Letter to the Mayor
The Honorable Lee P. Brown Mayor of HoustonHouston, TexasDear Mayor Brown,THANKS AGAIN FOR SEEING ME the other day. I’m always happy to have a reason to go to Houston City Hall. It’s not much to look at from the outside, but inside it’s one of my favorite
News & Politics
June 30, 1998
Unjustice
A widower’s search for justice
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1997
Cop-out
Why is it so hard for cities like Austin to hire a police chief?
True Crime
February 1, 1996
Does DaRoyce Mosley Deserve to Die?
A young black man with a spotless record is facing a controversial death sentence for the murder of four whites. An East Texas town remains divided.
News & Politics
January 1, 1996
Drag.net
When futuristic felons invade their midst, Austin’s computer firms know whom to call: the city’s high-tech police unit, which is building its reputation chip by chip.
News & Politics
January 1, 1996
Drunk With Power
Policing Texas’ DWI cops
True Crime
September 1, 1993
The Seduction of Cruiser and Bruiser
Police officers Randy Harris and Swany Davenport were called heroes for busting Dallas drug dealers. But when they broke the laws they had pledged to uphold, the dealers cried foul—and the heroes got busted.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1990
“I Was Mandarin . . .”
Clues left behind by a former Dallas cop convinced his son that he killed President Kennedy—but that’s just the beginning of the mystery.
True Crime
May 1, 1987
The Longest Ride of His Life
When Randall Adams was sentenced to death ten years ago, the Dallas community thought a cop killing had been put to rest. But it hasn’t.
True Crime
January 1, 1987
Total Hit
Nobody could stop San Antonio’s killer cop—except another cop.
News & Politics
May 1, 1984
Out of Action
He was an aggressive cop with one of the toughest beats in Dallas. But after fourteen years and another killing, the department took him off the street and slapped him behind a desk.
News & Politics
December 1, 1982
The Ragged Edge
Soon there won’t be anyone left who wants to be a cop.
News & Politics
August 31, 1977
Support Your Local Police
If you ever go to Houston, you’d better walk right. You’d better not gamble, and you’d better not fight.
News & Politics
January 1, 1974
I Am A Cop
A San Antonio patrolman tells what it is like on the job.
True Crime
November 1, 1973
Cops as Junkies
Those who enforce our narcotics laws often use the stuff themselves.