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We’ll take those threats seriously,” Commissioner Manny Ramirez said Tuesday, as sheriff’s deputies used metal detectors at a commissioner court meeting.

HALTOM CITY – A suspect is dead after an incident in Haltom City Friday afternoon, CBS News Texas confirmed. It is still unclear if the law enforcement agent involved is a Haltom City police officer ...

Tarrant County recently hired a new chief to oversee the jail system. Shannon Herklotz previously worked for the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said jail staff "performed magnificently" leading up to the death of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27.

Sprawl keeps creeping north of Tarrant County. Learn about the businesses driving it, the cities managing it, and the people ...

A man was killed, and a deputy was stabbed in the head Friday afternoon in what the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office ... was a mental health warrant. The Texas Municipal Police Association said ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Commissioners are proposing new rules for public speakers after two people were arrested for allegedly disrupting a briefing about jail deaths. At the Jan. 14 ...

An armed suspect was killed and a Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy was injured ... Gabbert said. The Texas Rangers are investigating the incident. Matt is a breaking news reporter.

Shannon Herklotz is the new person in charge of day-to-day jail operations in Tarrant County, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He previously worked for the Dallas County ...

Herklotz left Dallas County in December and joined Tarrant County earlier this month, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records. Herklotz began his career in 1990 as a correctional ...

Shannon Herklotz, Dallas County's Detention Services Chief Deputy, left Dallas last month to become Tarrant County’s ... most of his career — at the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.