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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

Dallas PD Shares Info Via Twitter

The Dallas Police Department has joined departments in Baltimore and Boston in using Twitter and other social media sites to relay information to its residents, DallasNews.com reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 10, 2009

Dallas PD Helicopter Unit Celebrates 40th Year

The Dallas Police Department's helicopter patrol unit is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2009

Suspects in Houston Cop Killing, Reportedly Illegal Immigrants

The gunman who shot and killed a Houston police officer and then was fatally shot during an undercover sting late Tuesday is believed to have been an illegal immigrant from Mexico, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2009

Video: Dallas Is No Longer Most Crime-Infested Big City

A five-year effort by the police department and city to remove Dallas from the top slot on an annual list of large U.S. cities with the highest crime rate is paying off, as San Antonio took the top slot this year, the Dallas Morning News reports.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithMay 22, 2009

I Hope This Guy Isn’t a Crisis Negotiator

It seems the head of Atlanta’s police union Sgt. Scott Kreher told the city council in an open meeting that he would like to beat Mayor Shirley Franklin “in the head with a baseball bat” when he thinks about problems disabled officers have getting workers’ compensation claims approved.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 19, 2009

Budget Cuts: Dallas Police Lose $7 Million In Overtime Pay

The Dallas Police Department would see its budget for overtime pay reduced by $7 million, under the current city budget proposed for the next fiscal year, the Dallas Morning News reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 7, 2009

Military Police Impostor Suspect Who Went on Calls with Dallas Officers Arrested in California

A man who Dallas police say conned officers into believing he was a military police officer as he helped them answer calls was arrested Tuesday morning at his mother's Los Angeles County home as he tried to slip out the back door.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2009

Dallas Police Officer Resigns Over NFL Player Ryan Moats' Traffic Stop

Dallas police Officer Robert Powell resigned Wednesday, a week after he garnered national notoriety for detaining an NFL player outside a hospital where his mother-in-law lay dying.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2009

Houston Standoff Ends as SWAT Storms Barbershop

A SWAT standoff at a barbershop on Houston's south side ended this morning after police stormed the building and subdued an armed man with help from a dog and a Taser. Police said the man took his brother and sister-in-law hostage inside Dugar's Urban Kuts in the 9100 block of Scott about 1:45 a.m.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2009

Dallas Chief Apologizes for Officer's Actions With NFL Player

As a storm of outrage gathered over his department, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle called a news conference Thursday to apologize for the behavior of an officer who detained the distressed family of an NFL player outside a hospital emergency room, the Dallas Morning News reported.

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