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  • 3 days ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Degrood |Sam Kelly

    Protesters hold flags and signs as they line the Dunlavy Street bridge over I-69 in Houston in this Sunday, June 8, 2025 file photo. Elizabeth Conley/Houston ChronicleHouston police called federal immigration agents on a woman who dialed 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband in April, newly released records show. The woman, an immigrant from El Salvador who has lived in Houston for seven years, had a removal order stemming from the denial of her asylum claim.

  • 2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Dug Begley |Caroline Ghisolfi |Matt Degrood

    Houston police are using a powerful, largely unregulated surveillance tool to track the movements of virtually any vehicle, with the same ease as searching the web for a dinner reservation. They are doing it more than ever, logging tens of thousands of searches just last year, and justifying their work less and less, a tranche of recently released data shows.

  • 2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dug Begley |Caroline Ghisolfi |Matt Degrood

    Houston police are using a powerful, largely unregulated surveillance tool to track the movements of virtually any vehicle, with the same ease as searching the web for a dinner reservation. They are doing it more than ever, logging tens of thousands of searches just last year, and justifying their work less and less, a tranche of recently released data shows.

  • 3 weeks ago | officer.com | Matt Degrood

    The Houston Police Department will soon have a new, $10.5 million firearms training facility named after the family of President Donald Trump's ambassador to Italy. Crews will soon break ground on the Fertitta Family Firearms Training Facility, at 17000 Aldine Westfield, near George Bush International Airport, officials said. It will be ready in early 2026.

  • 3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Degrood

    Houston Police Cadet Class 254 take the oath of office during their graduation at the Houston Police Academy Thursday, July 7, 2022 in Houston. HPD welcomed 50 new police officers to its ranks during the ceremony. Brett Coomer/Staff photographerThe Houston Police Department will soon have a new, $10.5 million firearms training facility named after the family of President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Italy.

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Matt Willoughby-deGrood
Matt Willoughby-deGrood @DegroodMatt
10 Jun 25

RT @yaffanyc: I truly believe in the power of collaborative journalism to hold leaders — in this case, Houston police — to account. @DugBeg…

Matt Willoughby-deGrood
Matt Willoughby-deGrood @DegroodMatt
24 Apr 25

RT @HoustonChron: Three Houston Chronicle reporters named Livingston Award finalists for Lakewood shooting investigation https://t.co/ywJuK…

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Matt Willoughby-deGrood @DegroodMatt
23 Apr 25

RT @carolineghisolf: So incredibly honored to be named a Livingston Award finalist with @ameliawinger and @DegroodMatt for our investigatio…