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@dallasnews reporter covering police and public safety in Dallas. Notre Dame alumna. El Paso raised. DM for Signal. [email protected]
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Dallas PD Chief Daniel Comeaux is making at least $310,000 a year. I asked how long he plans to stay Dallas' chief. "If I can work 10 more years, that’d be amazing,” Comeaux said. “I want everybody to understand that I plan on staying here.” Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/public-sa…

After our investigation revealed DPD’s chief medical officer has a history of sexual harassment allegations, Dallas PD Chief Daniel Comeaux said he’s looking into Alex Eastman and will make “a decision as soon as I can gather all the facts.” w/Sue Goetinck Ambrose 🌟 dallasnews.com/news/investiga…



A Dallas officer who was fired, then reinstated, was arrested again. Carlos Almeida faces public intoxication. He'd previously been accused of family strangulation, which was dropped in 2023. Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/crime/202…

A Dallas PD officer turned himself in after he was indicted on a tampering with evidence charge. Senior Cpl. Joseph Robeson is the third Dallas officer arrested in a week. Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/crime/202…

New: 2 US citizen children were deported to Mexico along with their mother Wed. morning, per an attorney that has consulted the family This happened after the man & woman were stopped Wednesday, April 30 in North Austin (Emiliano Tahui Gómez reported first) dallasnews.com/news/immigrati…


A state bill authored by Rafael Anchía would authorize highway exit signs for Dallas Koreatown and Richardson Chinatown - among North Texas' longest surviving Asian American enclaves. Will it make it to the House floor this week? Read on Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/2025/05/1…

A longtime Carrollton police officer working as a school resource officer was placed on paid administrative leave after he was accused last week of having an “improper relationship” with a 17-year-old student in 2008. For Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/crime/202…

Dallas police want 130 officers downtown by midsummer — its highest staffing level there in a decade. The effort is meant to address public safety and fear of crime. But how the department will get there amid a staffing crisis is complicated. Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com/news/public-sa…


New: SB 8, requiring every Texas sheriff's office to have a 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, initially passed the Texas House 89-50 Needs one more vote and Senate approval before it can reach Gov. Greg Abbott desk dallasnews.com/news/politics/…