The City of Dallas discovered more police evidence is missing. Here’s what we know
City officials discovered an additional 15 terabytes of missing Dallas police evidence and files from the city secretary’s office during its ongoing audit of a massive data deletion that occurred in April, a city spokeswoman said Monday. August 31,...
Dallas Police Revise Policy After Accidentally Deleting Data
A police employee accidentally deleted 22 terabytes of case files when trying to migrate data between servers. August 22, 2021In Dallas, at least one murder trial has been delayed after a police employee accidentally destroyed 8 terabytes of digital case files and...
Former Cyril police chief facing charges Alvin Pickens III
Investigators said Pickens confessed to taking it from the evidence room and then bought the speaker back from the store. August 5, 2021CYRIL, Okla. (KSWO) -The former chief of police in Cyril is facing charges, accused of taking confiscated items.Alvin Pickens III is...
Dallas murder suspect to be released from jail while city determines if it lost evidence
Jonathan Pitts is the first defendant known to be impacted by the city’s loss of police department data. August 14, 2021Update 6:30 p.m.: This story was updated with additional details about how this could impact other court cases, a statement from Dallas police...
