Texas law enforcement agencies along Interstate 35 between Dallas and Austin say they are striking contraband gold. A Houston Chronicle analysis found several departments reporting finds in roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the vehicle searches they logged over five years. That cluster of sky-high numbers on the I-35 corridor has academics and civil liberties advocates openly questioning whether something is off, either on the highway or in the paperwork.
Chronicle analysis and state data
The findings come from an exclusive Houston Chronicle examination of five years of traffic stop and search reports that agencies submit to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. According to the Houston Chronicle, agencies including the Mansfield Police…..