Texas should pass legislation protecting the rights of citizens to record the police without arbitrary distances and allowing officers to order such recording position to be changed when their safety or ability to perform their duties is interfered with. Texas should also adopt an amendment to current statute governing interference with governmental operations to provide a defense for filming, recording, photographing, documenting, or observing a peace officer alone similar to the “speech alone” exemption in current statute.
Criminal Justice
Texas sets the standard in the fight against human trafficking
Originally published in the Dallas Morning News. New legislation stiffens penalties and provides for victims. A recent police effort underscored a disturbing but resolvable truth: Human trafficking doesn’t just happen in faraway places — it happens in our own backyard, and, too often, it targets our children. Through a coordinated effort by the U.S. Marshals...
October 30, 2025