Marlin Police officer arrested, charged with firearm theft

The officer, Tavis Cuthrell, 26, was booked into the Falls County Jail on a warrant charging theft of firearm by a public servant, a third-degree felony. January 24, 2017MARLIN — A Marlin Police Department officer was arrested Monday on a Falls County arrest warrant...

Ex-South Texas officer sentenced for role in drug scheme

A jury in July found him guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. December 22, 2016McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A former South Texas police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing...

Evidence on Ice

​Santa Fe PD is ahead in processing rape kits—because they already cleaned out a freezer full of them –  December 16, 2016The trouble started with a freezer, and the question of just what could be done to get rid of it and open up some space at the Santa Fe...

Auditor: Poor tracking, police doubts behind nation’s worst rape kit backlog

The issue of untested rape kits sitting in law enforcement agencies’ evidence vaults has been a nationwide problem in recent years. In other states, the backlogs were created by officers’ mishandling of cases and a lack of resources to keep up with the...

Former DPD officer given probation

a former property and evidence section sergeant for the DPD, has been accused of stealing nearly $15,000 in cash that had been lawfully placed in the DPD’s property and evidence section. Dec 6, 2016A former Douglas Police Department Sergeant has been placed on...

After lab closure, daunting questions on DNA-based convictions remain

Staffers at the district attorney’s office are nearly a third of the way through sorting all of the Police Department’s forensic investigations since 2004 to determine how many resulted in trials and convictions Nov. 27, 2016The shuttering of the Austin...