Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos announced today she's expanding and improving the division that serves Harris County's crime victims. "Government exists to protect and to serve; that's what we're doing with this new division," Lykos tells Hair Balls. "We're ensuring that it's not bureaucratic."The announcement was met with some applause and some eye-rolling. (After all, one of the "big moves" was to change the name from Victim Witness Division to Victim's Rights Division.)Andy Kah
Photos by Chris VogelNothing says seat belt safety like five oversized inflated balloons in the shape of a cowboy, duck, bull, Godzilla monster and Elvis look-alike. At least that's what the Texas law enforcement community is hoping, as they unveiled the 24-foot-tall "safety ambassadors" this morning at Discovery Green as part of the 8th annual TxDOT "Click It or Ticket" seat belt safety campaign.For the next two weeks, Houston area cops will be out in extraordinary numbers looking for drivers w
