Ferris Police Department

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Dallas man arrested after high-speed vehicle foot pursuit

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Wed, 07/22/2026 - 16:35
  FERRIS – Ladarion Jimal Blair, 18, of Dallas was booked into the Ellis County Jail and faces four separate criminal charges: • Evading arrest or detention with a vehicle • Disorderly conduct – discharge of a firearm • Unlawful carrying of a weapon • Fleeing from a police officer Ferris Police, in...
Officer Charles Banks III of the Ferris Police Department was presented with a Mayor’s Commendation by Mayor Fred C. Pontley on June 6.

Officer Charles Banks III of the Ferris Police Department was presented with a Mayor’s Commendation by Mayor Fred C. Pontley on June 6.

Ferris officer honored

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Wed, 06/15/2022 - 13:00
MAYOR’S COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO OFFICER CHARLES BANKS IIIWHEREAS, at 11:45 PM on May 23, 2022, Officer Charles Banks III arrived at a scene of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 45 south of Mars Road; andWHEREAS, Officer Charles Banks III risked his own life in the moments after the crash had...