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Nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and murdered in January 1996, and the case remains unsolved. It was because of her case that the Amber Alert system, which alerts the public to abducted children, was created.
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Experts say crime across the U.S. in 2020 was like no other year as COVID-19 ravaged the country and protests flared. It was a seesaw of dips for some crimes and spikes for others, such as homicide.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the state Department of Public Safety to help the city tackle the surge in homicides, but community leaders say "over-policing" is not the way.
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At the governor's request, the Texas Department of Public Safety is sending resources, including special agents, state troopers, other personnel, and some helicopters and planes.
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Intimate partner homicides had been declining in Tarrant County in the last four years, but 2020 is already the worst year on record.
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A new partnership with a local nonprofit and the City of Dallas is aiming to reduce crime and violence in neighborhoods.
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The Tarrant County Sheriff's office arrested three detention officers Wednesday. They were all booked in the county jail. Reginald Lowe was arrested on…
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The Dallas Police Department is seeing an increase in cases of domestic violence.In February, Dallas police received about 900 reports of domestic…
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Following a declining inmate population and dangerous understaffing in Texas prisons, the state is closing two of its more than 100 lockups.State Sen.…
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The federal government on Tuesday released the annual National Crime Victimization Survey. The 2018 data show a big jump in reports of sexual assault and rape.
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In a boxing gym at the corner of Audelia Road and Forest Lane – once one of Dallas’ most crime-ridden areas – Project Safe Neighborhoods has taken hold.…
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From Texas Standard: Earlier this summer, law enforcement leaders in Dallas said homicide rates were the highest the city has seen in a decade. They’re...