To Ronald and Donald McMillion, Well Done

The gentleman you see above in the Dallas Police Department uniform is DPD Sergeant Donald McMillion. Next to him, in the Austin PD uniform, is Sergeant Ronald McMillion. In case you hadn’t noticed — and, really, I like to take nothing for granted — they are identical twins, who, for…

DPD Arrests Ex-Arts Magnet Teacher for Improper Relationship With Student

The Dallas Police Department just sent word: Yesterday, a DPD detective arrested 36-year-old Michael D’Spain on a warrant for an improper relationship with a student. D’Spain was arrested at Farine Elementary School in Irving, where, according to his Linkedin profile, he’s been teaching since August. But DPD says the arrest…

Craig Watkins’s Legislative Wish List

On the other side is a lengthy missive we just received from the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in which Craig Watkins outlines his to-do list for the new Legislative session. But you can probably guess what’s top-of-the-pops with a D.A. seeking criminal system reforms: eyewitness identification reform, especially following…

DPD’s New Year By the Numbers

We close out the holiday with a look at the Dallas Police Department’s look at how Dallas spent the New Year’s weekend, per a series of stats-filled missives sent out by Senior Corporal Kevin Janse. First, for those wondering whether the threat of a mandatory blood draw works, there were…

Crime & Punishment & News & Notes

Some grim news with which to close out the year, almost …The day after Christmas, Bradley Eyo was found shot to death on Barnes Bridge Road near Lake Ray Hubbard. But Dallas homicide detective and Garland police discovered during their investigation that Eyo, whose friends have made him this tribute,…