/tags/sally-hernandez Sally Hernandez en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:03:00 GMT /2024-11-13/austin-tx-travis-county-legal-services-counsel-at-first-appearance For the first time in two years, some people arrested in AG真人百家乐 County who can't afford lawyers will have one during their first court appearance. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:03:00 GMT /2024-11-13/austin-tx-travis-county-legal-services-counsel-at-first-appearance Katy McAfee /crime-justice/2024-02-28/travis-county-sheriff-hopes-active-shooter-training-helps-agencies-work-side-by-side-in-a-crisis A law Texas passed after a gunman killed 21 people in Uvalde mandates the training. The AG真人百家乐 County Sheriff鈥檚 Office is partnering with Austin ISD to host the classes, with the goal of preparing about 800 law enforcement officers by next year. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:01:00 GMT /crime-justice/2024-02-28/travis-county-sheriff-hopes-active-shooter-training-helps-agencies-work-side-by-side-in-a-crisis Becky Fogel /texas/2017-05-07/abbott-signs-sanctuary-cities-bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed a ban on "sanctuary cities" into law on Sunday, putting the final touch on legislation that would also allow police to inquire鈥� Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:59 GMT /texas/2017-05-07/abbott-signs-sanctuary-cities-bill Patrick Svitek /austin/2017-02-06/travis-county-explores-ways-to-overcome-immigration-policy-related-funding-cuts AG真人百家乐 County raised nearly $90,000 as of Monday afternoon through an online initiative set up after Gov. Greg Abbott cut $1.5 million in grant funding鈥� Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:26:19 GMT /austin/2017-02-06/travis-county-explores-ways-to-overcome-immigration-policy-related-funding-cuts Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2017-02-02/sanctuary-city-bill-clears-senate-committee-after-16-hours-of-public-testimony Texas lawmakers heard hours of public testimony Thursday and into early Friday morning over a bill banning so-called 鈥渟anctuary cities鈥� in Texas,鈥� Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:23:39 GMT /texas/2017-02-02/sanctuary-city-bill-clears-senate-committee-after-16-hours-of-public-testimony Audrey McGlinchy, Andrew Weber /austin/2017-02-01/gov-abbott-cuts-off-grants-to-travis-county-over-sanctuary-city-policy The AG真人百家乐 County sheriff鈥檚 new immigration policy goes into effect today. The policy limits what information local law enforcement share with the federal鈥� Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:21:20 GMT /austin/2017-02-01/gov-abbott-cuts-off-grants-to-travis-county-over-sanctuary-city-policy Audrey McGlinchy, Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2017-01-24/gov-abbott-targets-travis-county-sheriff-over-immigration-policy 鈥淸A] dangerous game of political Russian roulette.鈥� That鈥檚 how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott described AG真人百家乐 County Sheriff Sally Hernandez鈥檚 immigration鈥� Wed, 25 Jan 2017 01:09:11 GMT /crime-justice/2017-01-24/gov-abbott-targets-travis-county-sheriff-over-immigration-policy Audrey McGlinchy /politics/2017-01-23/gov-greg-abbott-says-he-will-cut-funding-to-travis-county-over-sanctuary-policies Update (Jan. 23) 鈥� Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to AG真人百家乐 County Sheriff Sally Hernandez today, outlining potential penalties for the county and calling鈥� Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:21:07 GMT /politics/2017-01-23/gov-greg-abbott-says-he-will-cut-funding-to-travis-county-over-sanctuary-policies Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2016-11-22/sheriffs-office-works-to-recruit-more-women This month, voters elected the second woman in history to serve as AG真人百家乐 County sheriff. Now, the department is working to recruit more female deputies鈥� Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:10:13 GMT /crime-justice/2016-11-22/sheriffs-office-works-to-recruit-more-women Syeda Carrillo