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Early in the morning of July 24, 1973, Dallas police officers Darrell L. Cain and Roy Arnold were investigating a burglary, from a vending machine, of eight dollars. Two children, twelve-year-old Santos Rodriguez and thirteen-year-old David Rodriguez were taken from their home and brought to the scene of the crime. [15]
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The Dallas County District Attorney is the elected, or appointed by the Texas Governor in the event of a vacancy, district attorney (DA) of Dallas County, Texas.Currently, this position is held by John Creuzot, a Democrat who defeated Faith Johnson, appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, after Susan Hawk resigned in 2016.
In 2008, Texas had 244 police officers per 100,000 residents. [2]According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), [3] the state average for police officers per 100,000 residents in Texas is 241 as of 2021.
Violent crime in Dallas was also ranked #1 during the same time period. Murders peaked at 500 in 1991. It then fluctuated from 227 in 2000 to 240 in 2001, 196 in 2002, 223 in 2003, 275 in 2004, [ 16 ] and finally 198 in 2005, marking a sharp decline over the two previous years.
For a long time, officials from the City of Dallas have advocated for the closure of the jail in order to use the land for the Trinity River Corridor Project. Because of some health-related deaths that occurred before May 2013, the Texas Civil Rights Project , the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other area groups had advocated for the ...
Conradt was the district attorney (DA) of Kaufman County from 1980 to 2002, at which time he made an unsuccessful campaign for election to a district judgeship as a Democrat. Afterwards, he worked in private practice, and by 2006 he was [8] working as the chief felony assistant district attorney (ADA) for Rockwall County, Texas. [9]
Chief Eddie Garcia attributes the downward trend to support from city leaders, dedicated officers and a strategic plan the Dallas Police Department implemented in 2021. Dallas sees second year of ...