Dallas Police Struggle to Access Evidence Amid Ransomware

The consequences played out Thursday in a murder trial, where a man was found guilty despite evidence being unavailable to jurors or lawyers May 20, 2023(TNS) — Dallas police are struggling to access physical and digital evidence amid an ongoing ransomware attack that...

Fort Worth Police Fire Officer Following Investigation Into ‘Untruthfulness’

“seized it the night before but forgot to take it to the property room”. April 22, 2023Fort Worth Police say an officer is off the force after an investigation determined he was dishonest.The department released a statement Friday saying Officer Cody...

Dallas police may be violating evidence laws with 52,000 improperly stored digital files

Police said the records may include digital evidence for court cases, which could mean that information wasn’t provided to lawyers as required by state law. February 24, 2023Dallas police are at risk of being in violation of evidence laws after officers...

Houston police chief declares gun ‘buyback’ successful after receiving over 800 weapons

Residents could exchange their guns for gift cards at the event,  Enter Article DATE HEREThe Houston, Texas police chief is declaring the city’s gun buyback program hosted on July 30 a success.Residents could exchange their guns for gift cards at the...

Schertz police mistakenly destroy evidence for over 1,000 cases in San Antonio-area counties

Sixty percent of evidence was within the statute of limitations July 14, 2022The Schertz Police Department made a crucial error this week. The error resulted in the destruction of evidence that impacted over 1,000 cases in three different counties.On Tuesday, July 12,...

APD running out of space for seized guns in evidence room

“I was asked to basically restart this program of destroying the firearms, because we had thousands of firearms in our evidence room, and we were running out of space to store more based on the number of guns being seized by the department,” he said. Enter...