Police

The high court's Friday ruling sets an even higher standard in proving whether governments can be sued over 911 responses.

State lawmakers and criminal justice experts offer some insight into what drives the lawmaking process in Texas and whether police chases – a phenomenon that killed nearly 100 people in Texas in 2022 – will ever be regulated in the law.

More and more people are dying during high-speed police chases. Officers, suspects and people who weren’t involved in the chase aren't always protected from grave harm.

Experts say tracking police chases fosters transparency and can indicate whether certain pursuit policies are effective. So why don’t more states do it?

James and Karen Jimerson's home was wrongfully raided in March 2019. Courts say they can't sue the officer who led the raid because of qualified immunity.

The Dallas Police Department's drone fleet has been used thousands of times in fiscal year 2024. Some city council members were shocked, but still praised the program.

Jurors ruled former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger used excessive force in shooting and killing neighbor Botham Jean in his home, violating his constitutional rights.

Faculty and staff gathered on campus to condemn the unprecedented response from law enforcement to student protests against the war in Gaza on Wednesday.

The controversial state law makes illegally crossing the Mexico-Texas border a state crime and gives state law enforcement officers the power to make arrests of suspected violators.

The daughters of John Ray Zamora, who died after being arrested by Willacy County Sherriff's deputies, will receive $1 million in an annuity fund for college from Willacy County.