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Denton Police Chief Doug Shoemaker resigned Tuesday after 16 months of leadership, according to an email sent to city staff and obtained by the Denton Record-Chronicle.
This story was updated at 2:45 p.m., Feb. 5.Decriminalize Denton, a local nonprofit, filed a petition of intervention on Monday, making it a defendant in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s
The end of 2023 marks the conclusion of the Denton Police Department’s 150th year of service.
In recent years, the public perception of police culture has been defined by acts of violence against citizens. A group of chiefs and sheriffs are working to change the narrative by emphasizing a mission of service.
The Denton Police Department released a list of the citations and arrests related to misdemeanor amounts of marijuana, covering the time period between Nov. 3 and May 2.