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Seal of the City of Lubbock Police Department displayed on a wooden wall, featuring the state of Texas with a star marking Lubbock’s location.
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Lubbock Says Child Abuse Isn’t Worse Here—We’re Just Really Good at Finding It

Lubbock’s arrest reports keep filling up with child sexual abuse cases, but according to Detective…

November 18, 2025
Mugshot of Sylas Smart overlaid on a Lubbock neighborhood crime scene with police tape and patrol vehicles in the background.
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West Lubbock Live-Action GTA Session Ends with Every Agency Ever Created Responding

A 51-year-old man named Sylas Smart (questionable surname choice) kicked off an afternoon of pure…

November 14, 2025
Mugshot of Daniel Diaz-Gonzalez, Lubbock Police Department employee accused of assaulting an elderly registered sex offender during check-in.
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Charges Dropped After LPD Employee Allegedly Decks Elderly Sex Offender — Because, Well, Lubbock

The case against former Lubbock Police Department employee Daniel Diaz-Gonzalez has been dismissed after prosecutors…

November 4, 2025
Police lights and utility crews on Slide Road at night after a car chase ended in a crash with a pole and tree in Lubbock.
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Slide Road Closed (Again) After Late-Night “Lubbock 500” Ends in Tree Hugging

Another day, another Lubbock traffic stop that turned into a crash scene. Around 9:43 p.m.…

November 4, 2025
K9 Arlo, the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Belgian Malinois, lying in a field during training.
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Lubbock Mourns K9 Hero, Still Can’t Train Humans Properly

Lubbock County is in mourning after K9 Arlo, the sheriff’s office’s oldest working police dog,…

November 1, 2025
Lubbock County Sheriff and Lubbock Police vehicles parked near the I-27 and 34th Street overpass following a low-speed collision involving a deputy and a bicyclist.
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Deputy Hits Cyclist, Cites Cyclist — Because Lubbock Logic

Ah, Lubbock — where even getting hit by a cop can somehow be your fault.…

October 22, 2025
Texas DPS vehicles, ambulance, and officers at the scene of a two-car accident near the intersection of 50th Street and Chicago Avenue in Lubbock, Texas.
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DPS Trooper Crashes on the Way to Help Catch a Felon — Lubbock Traffic Strikes Again

Apparently, Lubbock wasn’t done with its “officers vs. physics” double feature this week. Fresh off…

October 22, 2025
Emergency crews respond to a major crash at 54th Street and Slide Road in Lubbock after a stolen truck fleeing police flipped and struck a telephone pole.
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Fast & the Foolish: Lubbock Man Hits 100 MPH, Finds Out Physics Still Works

Nothing says “good morning, Lubbock” like a high-speed chase ending in a midtown demolition derby.…

October 16, 2025
Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol horses standing beside their white police trailer labeled “Police Patrol Horses” in a parking lot.
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Lubbock’s Newest Drug Dog Is a Horse — and Apparently, It Works

In yet another “only in Lubbock” moment, a man was arrested after believing an LPD…

October 7, 2025