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Judge Steven Duble became Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 in 2023. What appears to be an unprecedented move on his part could mean no fines or jail time for an untold number of ...
On January 28, 2019, in the Pecan Park area in the East End district of Houston, [ 1 ] Houston Police Department (HPD) officers initiated a no-knock raid on a house, killing the two homeowners, a husband and wife: Dennis Wayne Tuttle and Rhogena Ann Nicholas. [ 2 ] They were aged 59 and 58, respectively. [ 3 ]
The Fourth Amendment prohibits “unreasonable search and seizure,” which means police cannot search a person or their property without a warrant or probable cause. The Texas Constitution ...
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the 1,118 square miles (2,900 km 2) of unincorporated area of Harris County, serving as the equivalent of the county police for the approximately 1,071,485 people living in the unincorporated areas of the county. In Texas, sheriffs and their deputies are fully empowered ...
Odessa American, Texas. August 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM. Aug. 20—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Jose Miguel Zelaya-Ponce to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal ...
The jail population increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009 the population of the Harris County jails increased from 7,648 to 11,546. From 2003 to 2011 the number of full-time psychiatrists increased from three to eleven.
The Harris County District Courts announced a significant expansion on October 1 with the opening of three new felony courts: the 495th, 496th, and 497th, officials said on Wednesday.
Constable (Texas) In the U.S. state of Texas, a constable is an elected law enforcement officer for a precinct of a county. Counties may have between one and eight precincts each depending on their population. The constables are provided for in the Texas Constitution of 1876 (Article 5, Section 18). The term of office for Texas constables is ...