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Question: When will Police Chief Renee Hall return to work
Dallas – Dallas Chief Renee Hall has been on medical leave following surgery for over a month and no one has disclosed when she plans to return.
David Pughes, is once again the acting police chief of Dallas, the first was when he served after the firing of David Brown in 2016. Hall’s leave is listed as “indefinitely”.
JENNIFER JONES AUSTIN & FPWA’S STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S “PUBLIC CHARGE” IMMIGRATION RULE CHANGE
New York, NY (August 13, 2019) – – “The Trump administration’s latest tactic using the public charge rule to target immigrant communities is amongst its most revealing and condemning,” said Jennifer Jones-Austin, Executive Director and CEO of FPWA. “By singling out legal immigrants seeking a pathway to citizenship who are low-income, the administration has basically put an “Unwelcome Here” sign on the United States’ front door for anyone other than the well off. Make no mistake – the intent is to target those who come here seeking opportunity for themselves and their families, as so many of our families have, and especially black and brown people. At FPWA we’ve been working to mobilize our members to fight back against these sinister changes to the public charge regulations; today we redouble our efforts to do so and to protect immigrant families from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.”
United tells pilots no alcohol for 12 hours before flights
By David Koenig
DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines is setting an earlier cutoff time for when pilots must stop drinking alcohol before flights.
The airline is telling pilots they must abstain from alcohol for 12 hours before flights, up from the previous eight hours.
The change in the rule — it’s called “bottle-to-throttle” in the airline business — comes several days after two United pilots were arrested in Scotland and charged with suspicion of being under the influence before a flight to the U.S.
Representatives for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines said their policies follow the FAA’s current standard of no drinking within eight hours of duty. They said their airlines are not considering any changes. Alaska Airlines said it has a 10-hour no-alcohol rule for pilots.
The arrests of the United pilots followed other recent incidents. In May, an American Airlines pilot received a suspended six-month sentence after pleading guilty in a U.K. court to drinking before a Manchester to Philadelphia flight. In July, a Delta pilot was arrested before a flight in Minneapolis — airport police said he had an alcoholic container in his possession.
Incidents involving alcohol and on-duty airline employees aren’t limited to pilots. On Aug. 2, a flight attendant was arrested after a United Express flight landed in Indiana. Passengers said she slurred her words during the pre-flight safety demonstration, then passed out in her jump seat.
Location of Amber Guyger’s murder trial has been delayed until after jurors are questioned
DALLAS – A judge has not made the decision to move former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger’s murder trial for the killing of Botham Jean to another county.
Prosecutors contend that the 30-year-old Guyger can get a fair trial in Dallas County. They have asked the court to hold a hearing on whether the case’s publicity has contaminated the potential jury pool and to delay ruling on the relocation request until after potential jurors are questioned.
The trial is scheduled to begin in September.
