Open Records – Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

As part of the my ongoing open records work I requested the racial profiling data for our local DPS office. I received a breakdown of stops, citations, and searches by race/ethnicity for all stop...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/kaufman-county-dps-racial-profiling-statistics/

What happens when an inmate sues the sheriff for open records information? Today’s case of the day is In Re Brian Edwards Johnson- In 2008 Brian Edwards Johnson was incarcerated in the Kaufman ...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/dallas-court-of-appeals-rules-for-kaufman-sheriff-in-open-records-case/

Just got this in last week. It includes the testing procedures for controlled substances. In your typical dope case the DPS lab sends a short one page summary of the results of their testing. ADA...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/texas-dps-controlled-substance/

As part of my regular open records work I ask for LEO disciplinary records. Today I received a thick envelope with over 60 pages of complaints and source material, including a DVD I haven’t wat...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/hey-baby-im-leo-can-i-bum-a-sm/

The rise of the paramilitary SWAT team is a testament to the failure of America’s criminal justice system. It defines the transition from peace officers, to law enforcement. One problem with gi...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/dallas-swat-my-bad-wrong-house-1/

Today I received my new 841 page DPS general operations manual on CD. I thought I knew most of DPS’ crime investigation techniques. This section on hypnosis took me by surprise. 25 .05 .00 GENE...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/dps-training-manual-investigat/

www.sobrietytesting.org is the National Sobriety Testing Resources Center. This website limits access to police/prosecutors and shares DWI testing information. Defense attorney’s aren’t welco...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/update-dps-doesnt-know-about-s/

The police pull you over and find a suspicious white powder in your car. You swear this powder is for your athlete’s foot. The police believe this powder is cocaine. You are booked into jail. B...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/when-drugs-arent-drugs-part-on/

A TDCAA message board post led me to the National Sobriety Testing Resource Center, www.sobrietytesting.org. What is the NSTRC? From their website Welcome to the National Sobriety Testing Resourc...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/top-secret-field-sobriety-test/

I am starting work on a new open records project for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Texas already has many individual defense lawyers doing some great open records work. However,...

https://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/tcdla-open-records-project/