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Harris County Sheriff’s Office Gets State-Of-The-Art Scanner For High-Profile Investigations
Posted on · It provides three dimensional renderings of crime scenes.
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Activists Advocate Reforming Harris County’s Bail System
Posted on · Activists say it penalizes low-income defendants and they support a lawsuit filed against it.
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Judge Emmett Agrees To Get Data On 287(g) Program
Posted on · Groups like United We Dream want to know how many deportations it has caused.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Reopening Outlying Jails and Planned Parenthood Sues: The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. On this edition, we discuss: Harris […]
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Activists Oppose Renewal Of Program That Identifies Undocumented Immigrants In Harris County
Posted on · Sheriff Ron Hickman says he has made adjustments to the program.
Houston Matters
Sheriff Hickman Defends Changes in Jail Oversight
Posted on · Sheriff Ron Hickman was recently criticized for reducing internal jail inspectors and disbanding a proactive internal affairs squad at the Harris County Jail. The Harris County Sheriff’s office has said that these changes could actually speed up investigations, and the reassignment of inspectors will put more responsibility on first-line jail supervisors. And these are just […]
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Sheriff Hickman and the Harris County Jail: Wednesday’s Show (February 10, 2016)
Posted on · Sheriff Ron Hickman was recently criticized for reducing internal jail inspectors and disbanding a proactive internal affairs squad at the Harris County Jail. The Harris County Sheriff’s office has said that these changes could actually speed up investigations, and the reassignment of inspectors will put more responsibility on first-line jail supervisors. And these are just […]
Election 2016
Ron Hickman On The First Few Months As Harris County Sheriff
Posted on · Sheriff Hickman looks at county jail management, budget, response times, crime clearance statistics and other issues.
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Harris County Sheriff’s Office Addresses Suburban Homelessness
Posted on · The Sheriff’s Office has launched the Homeless Outreach Team.
Houston Matters
New Sheriff Ron Hickman Discusses Changes to His Department and Diversity of His Staff
Posted on · On May 12, Harris County Commissioners appointed Ron Hickman as the interim county sheriff after former Sheriff Adrian Garcia stepped down to formally run for Houston mayor. Sheriff Hickman tells Houston Matters’ Maggie Martin about changes he’s made to the department since the appointment and answers criticism about the diversity of his staff.
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HHS, New Sheriff & Drug Lawsuits: Wednesday’s Show (June 17, 2015)
Posted on · Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek recently announced his resignation. He'll step down July 1. His deputy, Chris Taylor, will replace him. Janek's departure comes as the agency faces a number of issues, including a controversy surrounding a no-bid contract with an Austin-based technology company to detect Medicaid fraud. On this edition of […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
New Sheriff, New Beer & New Flights: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From a new sheriff in town, to a new beer in town, and to soon-to-be new flights in town: we discuss The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of this week’s Houston news. This week’s panel of rotating “non-experts” includes: Aurora Losada, editor of La Voz de Houston; Joe Holley, “Native Texan” columnist for the […]