KERA News

Tarrant County's restraint policies are more than 15 years old. Experts say that's a problem

Sheriff Bill Waybourn listens to a panelist during a town hall about the Tarrant County Jail in January at the Tarrant County Sub-Courthouse in Arlington. Records obtained by KERA News show the ...
WFAA8

Critics question whether Tarrant County Jail's policies are too vague and out of date

FORT WORTH, Texas — After George Floyd died in 2020, many law enforcement agencies updated their use of force policies. The Tarrant County Jail wasn’t one of them. Records obtained by WFAA show the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Before $85-million verdict, use of maximum restraints was an issue in sheriff’s custody deaths

As recommendations go, the suggestion from San Diego County’s Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board to the Sheriff’s Department was pretty minor. Change one word. In September 2002 the civilian ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Hamilton County Sheriff reforms use of restraint chair following Local 12 Investigation

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...