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Chase Rogers

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public safety reporter at The Dallas Morning News • TXST alum • signal: crogers.95 • chase.rogers@dallasnews.com

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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A split Dallas City Council voted to apply for a DOJ program that could affect nearly all aspects of a city’s public safety efforts following a debate over what it’d require of Dallas police and whether it’d lead to more immigration enforcement. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...
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Dallas leaders split on DOJ public safety program over immigration concerns
Supporters on City Council say the program could fund violent-crime strategies, while critics warn it could pull police closer to immigration enforcement.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One of last week’s Dallas officer shootings was a friendly-fire close call: An officer fired four rounds at a plainclothes officer at the end of a vehicle-theft suspect pursuit in North Dallas. Chief Comeaux said “luckily” no one was hurt. @dallasnews.com. www.dallasnews.com/news/article...
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Dallas officer shot at colleague in friendly-fire close call, chief says
Chief Daniel Comeaux said an officer mistook a plainclothes colleague for a threat during a pursuit that stretched into North Dallas, firing four shots toward him.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dallas police report seeing a "surge" in vandalism to Flock license plate cameras since March. Most of the AI-assisted cameras were cut down as communities nationwide debate the technology's growing role in policing and privacy concerns. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...
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Dallas police report 'surge' in vandalized Flock cameras amid national debate
Dallas police have documented 25 incidents of intentional damage to or removal of Flock Safety cameras since March. The cameras have become the subject of national debate in recent months.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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-...
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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...
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🧵: 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-...
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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.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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...
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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...
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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-...
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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,...
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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-...
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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...
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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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.
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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.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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-...
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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...
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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-...
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2 Dallas PD officers facing criminal charges fired after disciplinary hearings
Two Dallas police officers facing criminal charges for unrelated cases were terminated after disciplinary hearings, the latest in a string of terminations by...
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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...
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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.
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Chase Rogers @chaserogers.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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...
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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.
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Leah Waters @leahwaters.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
new from @chaserogers.bsky.social www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
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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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Leah Waters @leahwaters.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
breaking from @chaserogers.bsky.social this afternoon www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
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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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