I guess we're all supposed to be aghast that a 13-year-old girl spent almost two weeks in the adult county jail after lying about her age. Personally, I'm more troubled that her family didn't know where she was when she...
My son and I have had this running debate for several years. He says power makes most cops arrogant. I say it's true for a few, but most are simply trained to be curt and authoritative to maintain control. My...
What's the definition of gall? (Or extreme stupidity?) Stealing from the police department. From today's news briefs: "Dallas police are investigating the theft of as much as $20,000 from the department's petty-cash fund...."...
Maybe one of the rare bright spots in this recession is that the Dallas Police Department will have more success in attracting recruits. DPD has a help wanted ad in today's paper. It touts a $10,000 signing bonus. The city...
Writing some columns can feel like an act of self-therapy. My thoughts on the death of Dallas Police Officer Norman Smith definitely fit into that category. It hit me hard, and I just needed to talk about it. If it...
Is it just forbidden somewhere for a union rep to ever side with management? It's painfully obvious that a bunch of Dallas cops screwed up royally in racing all over Dallas to try to catch up with a chase in...
Can we just agree that if you start pounding a police officer in the head, it's not unreasonable for that officer to pull his gun and shoot you dead? That doesn't seem like such a stretch to me. But apparently...
I'm astounded to read that Dallas Police officials now believe 20 or more officers joined in that high speed chase the other day -- or at least did their best to catch up with the chase. That put a lot...
My colleague, Scott Goldstein, did a good job updating the Phil Washington murder mystery. I've been contacted by a national TV program -- I'm sure you can figure out which one -- that's also interested in the case. Somebody somewhere...
Cops reporter Scott Goldstein has some strong feelings about the shooting of a Dallas Morning News carrier: We on the crime beat cover a lot of terrible stories. We document death on a daily basis. And sometimes we come across...
"This is a terrible place to live, and I just don't know how to get out." -- A resident of the Fort Apache-like Pleasant Village Apartments, where an ongoing brawl culminated Wednesday with the shootings of three children...
It's been obvious for years now that the Dallas Police Department dropped its recruiting standards way too low a few years back. And we're still suffering the consequences. I thought one of the more interesting stories in the paper today...
Kudos to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle for taking a strong stand on the questionable use of deadly force by his officers. When two officers gave incomplete and conflicting statements on an off-duty incident, he fired them. Now let's hope...
We've all seen those self-assessment questionnaires to determine if you have a drinking problem. I've got a one-question version of that test: Have you been arrested twice in three months on suspicion of DWI and you are a Dallas police...
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