A custodial death report was prepared by the Brewster County Sheriff’s Office on the death of 27-year-old Evatt Joli Hernandez. The pre-custodial incident resulted in her death on December 9, 2020. Under the summary of how the death occurred, all that is said is that the Texas Rangers are still investigating the incident.

A study was done regarding officer-involved shootings in Texas during the years 2016 through 2019.  A  nonprofit organization that serves as a watchdog group prepared the study. The following are among the findings of the research:

• More than 50% of all police shootings happened in the Texas counties with the largest populations, those being Bexar,  Dallas, Harris, Tarrant,  and Travis. 
• Police-involved shootings in which civilians are shot have increased over the years. 
• The number of civilians who have died as a result of officer-involved shootings has also been increasing.
• The number of civilians who survived after being shot by a law enforcement officer has been decreasing. The cases of officer-involved shootings that were part of the study showed that more than 50% of civilians shot by police died.
• Police officers who are shot in police-involved shooting incidents have twice the survival rate of civilians who are shot by police.
• Most officer-involved shooting reports are filed in a timely manner. There were several extreme cases, however, in which reports were more than a year late.

See Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part series.

Suggesting that persons or institutions have been engaged in wrongdoing is never intended on this website. The purpose of posts is to provide helpful resources for current and former prisoners held in county jails in Texas. 

–Guest Contributor