A Dallas police sergeant found herself on the wrong side of the law after being indicted for falsifying time cards, forging documents, and theft. Sergeant Katherine Silvia, a member of the Northeast Patrol Division, now faces charges following an investigation that dug into months of alleged criminal conduct within the department.
The Dallas Police Department Public Integrity Unit, beginning their probe on March 3, 2023, painstakingly pieced together evidence of Sgt. Silvia's wrongdoings. According to the Dallas Police Department, their investigation revealed that for three months, Sgt. Silvia tampered with government records and committed theft - amounting to somewhere between $2,500 and $30,000. Her acts of misconduct did not escape the scrutiny of a grand jury, which was presented with the case by the Dallas County District Attorney's Office on August 11, 2023.
In a move that solidified the allegations against her, Sgt. Silvia was indicted by a Dallas County Grand Jury. She turned herself into the Dallas County Jail on March 25, 2024, charged with Theft of $2,500 to $30,000, Tampering with a Government Record, and False Statement of Property/Credit of $2,500 to $30,000.
Despite the charges, Sgt. Silvia has not yet been stripped of her role within the force. She remains on administrative leave, drawing a line of patience in the sand as an Internal Affairs Division administrative investigation unfolds. This detail, revealed by the department itself, casts a shade of bureaucratic gray over a situation that, many believe, requires the black-and-white clarity of immediate disciplinary action.
