KXAN Team Creates Impact by Investigating a Bargaining of the Badge

The KXAN TV team won the Silver Showcase Award with their series, “Bargaining the Badge.” Their hard-hitting journalism uncovered how hundreds of Texas law enforcement officers accused of felonies and other serious crimes got special treatment — or at least the appearance of it — by agreeing to surrender their peace officer license as part of a deal, they often avoided jail or prison sentences that other law-breakers might have faced if charged with a similar crime.

Jody Barr and David Barer, the Showcase Silver Award winners, took a moment to visit with Foundation Chairman Mark Morrison to discuss their award-winning reporting.