Police/Crime
TMPA issues statement on GPD officer indictment
After the announcement of the indictment of Garland Police Officer Joe Privitt by the Dallas County Grand Jury, the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) issued the press release below. TMPA's statement reflects complete confidence in Officer Privitt and indicates...
Woman leads officers in vehicle pursuit in stolen ambulance
Saturday, May 8, at approximately 4:50 p.m. Garland police officers responded to a hit and run accident involving an ambulance in the 400 block of Sonora Road in Garland. While responding to the call, officers learned that the vehicle was a Wilmer Fire Department...
Chief Jeff Bryan makes statement about officer indictment
Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan made the following statement after the indictment of GPD Officer Privitt. As Bryan explained in the address, the Dallas Police Department requested assistance from the Garland PD when rioting broke out in downtown Dallas in May 2020....
Two murdered, two injured at party – Third suspect arrested
Update: Third suspect identified Investigators identified a third shooter involved in the murder investigation from May 7, and last night, May 10, this man was arrested just before midnight. On May 7, at 11:45 pm, Garland Police and Fire responded to a call of someone...
FBI, JTTF, GPD investigate NFHS threat
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with the North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), and the Garland Police Department are working in a joint response to a threat made online from a group of students at Naaman Forest High School. The online...
GPD searches for fatality crash witnesses
The Garland Police Department (GPD) is requesting the public’s assistance in a fatality crash investigation that occurred just before midnight Thursday, April 21. The crash happened at the corner of Country Club Road and Highway 66. GPD officers have arrested...
Crimes reported: April 3-9
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into districts as shown on the map below. The 192 crimes reported during this period are listed below. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes by district District 21 4 District 22 5...
Suspects in 2019 murder get life without parole
The Garland Police Department has updated the status of a murder committed three years ago. The murder resulted in a Capital Murder Investigation. On May 22, 2019, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Garland police officers responded to a robbery at a convenience store in...
Garland police recover over $30K in stolen property
Early Saturday, April 16, at approximately 1 a.m. Garland police officers received a call that there was a theft in progress at a business in the 700 block of Easy Street. The responding officers learned that a subject in a gray Ford truck was stealing a cargo trailer...
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