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Bilking Crimestoppers, the Invisible Informant, Constables Gone Wild, and Book 'em Horns

A few disparate items that deserve Grits readers attention:'Forgiving My Daughter's Killer'From the Washington Post, see "Forgiving My Daughter's Killer," which offers praise for a victim-offender mediation program at TDCJ based on restorative justice principles.Dallas: Budget shortfall = Fewer copsDallas PD may shrink its police force through attrition to avoid cutting officer pay during a time of budget crisis. I still believe smarter policies can increase police coverage without adding more officers to the force, but it would require more political courage than Dallas city leaders have demonstrated in the past.Bilking CrimestoppersIn Dallas, the head of the CrimeStoppers program was allegedly engaged in an elaborate fraud scheme in which she would feed an accomplice information allowing them to collect (and presumably split) reward money to which they weren't entitled...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).