Chase Rogers

Dallas police union picks new leader as current president is on leave amid probe Dallas Police Association members elected a new leader after the union’s current president was placed on administrative leave amid a monthslong fatal crash...

The board of Dallas’ largest police union certified results for its recent election, formalizing a top leadership change that comes as its current president is on administrative leave as part of a monthslong fatal crash investigation. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

New security, fewer shootings: Roseland crime fell and tenants left amid renovation plans Dallas scrapped its 2018 agreement with the Dallas Housing Authority and replaced it with one removing requirements they hadn’t followed.

This three-part series traces how city and housing officials failed for years to follow their own plan and why, today, the majority of Roseland's families ultimately left. interactives.dallasnews.com/2025/dallas-...

Roseland Part 2: At least 43 shootings, 20 gunshot injuries and seven deaths despite efforts to make complex safer The Dallas Housing Authority resisted city efforts to address the continued, high level of crime. Dallas officials didn’t insist.

The 2018 agreement aimed to improve safety and quality of life there and other public housing sites, with meetings and crime-reduction plans. Our investigation shows it was not followed, even as shootings — including of children — continued at Roseland. interactives.dallasnews.com/2025/dallas-...

Roseland Part 1: Dallas made a plan to reduce crime at Dallas Housing Authority complexes. The plan fell apart Efforts by Dallas City Hall, Dallas Police Department and DHA to reduce crime have come and gone, but violence persisted at Roseland.

🧵: At Roseland, an Old East Dallas public housing complex, gunfire had become routine.

For years, a city–housing authority plan to curb the violence and improve conditions fell apart and was never fully followed, a @dallasnews.com investigation found. interactives.dallasnews.com/2025/dallas-...

Dallas police use AI face recognition tool in serious felonies. They may add lesser crimes Records show Dallas police are using a powerful facial recognition tool in serious felony cases. Now they're considering it for lower-level crimes — a shift...

Dallas police use Clearview AI, a powerful and controversial facial recognition tool, in certain felony cases. Now they want to use it on lower-level crimes — a shift civil liberties advocates say heightens the risk of misuse, wrongful arrests. @dallasnews.com. www.dallasnews.com/%2Fnews%2Fpu...

Dallas police union leader put on leave after fatal crash, internal affairs investigation A monthlong internal affairs probe into how officers handled a fatal March crash — one Sr. Cpl. Jaime Castro, the president of Dallas' largest police union,...

New: Jaime Castro, president of Dallas’ largest police union, was put on leave as part of an inquiry into how officers handled a March crash he was involved in off duty that killed a pedestrian. It’s unclear why he was just recently put on leave. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

Dallas leaders to weigh plan to deputize city police for immigration enforcement A joint meeting will revisit a $25 million federal proposal the Dallas police chief had turned down, citing a need to focus on 911 response times and concerns...

Two Dallas City Council committees will hold a joint meeting Thursday morning to discuss a proposal that would authorize city police officers to help enforce federal immigration laws. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

The Perception and Truth Behind Violence in Dallas Despite numerous high-profile murders and violent crimes, the city is on pace for its largest decrease in homicides since well before the pandemic.

Headlines in the last month portray the city of Dallas in chaos. We've had killings outside an ICE facility, a nightclub, a shopping center, a beheading at a motel. A story that isn’t being told: Dallas is on pace for one of its lowest murder tallies in a decade.

I dug into the data in my latest.

Eddie García to start as Fort Worth’s chief next month, says he still has love for Dallas In his first remarks since he was named as Fort Worth’s next police chief, the former Dallas police chief vowed to lead with integrity, accountability and a “fe...

Eddie García, set to be Fort Worth's chief Sept. 22, noted his swift DFW return may puzzle some in Dallas. Of the rank-and-file, he said, “...there might be frustration, but I know in their hearts, they know that I love them as a department." @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

Some personal news: Today’s my first day covering Dallas police, fire and public safety for @dallasnews.com. Excited to report on how their work and decisions shape daily life across North Texas.

Got story ideas or tips? I’m at chase.rogers@dallasnews.com and Signal at crogers.95.

Two Dallas police officers facing criminal charges for unrelated cases were fired after disciplinary hearings today, the latest in a string of terminations by Chief Daniel Comeaux this week. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

Ben Click, former Dallas PD chief who championed community policing in the 90s, dies at 84 The Arizona native served as Dallas police chief from 1993 to 1999, having arrived in Texas after a nearly 30-year stint with the Phoenix Police Department.

Bennie R. “Ben” Click, who came from Phoenix to help stabilize a struggling Dallas Police Department in the early 1990s and led the department toward more community-focused policing during his six years as chief, died on Sunday. For @dallasnews.com. www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

Dallas police arrest 12 after pro-Palestinian sit-in protest in Uptown A protest called “Stop Starving Gaza Now” was scheduled to take place on that block of North Harwood Street from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Dallas police say 12 were arrested Friday afternoon and will face charges after pro-Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in in the building housing Boston Consulting Group's Dallas office. One person was transported to a hospital. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2...

Hood County GOP official, former Granbury City Council hopeful faces election fraud charge The former Granbury City Council candidate listed a rental property as her permanent address despite living outside of city limits, an officer wrote in an...

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Las Vegas Sands asks Irving to drop casino portion of zoning proposal for now After a heated public meeting, the casino giant drops gambling from its proposed resort near the former Texas Stadium site but says the project’s future...

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