Sheriff: Procedures not followed in Texas escape Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:22 p.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2012 DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas sheriff says some of her department's standard procedures weren't followed in the moments before a capital murder suspect's escape from a hospital. Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez told reporters Wednesday that standard procedures require all county jail inmates to be escorted at all times while on medical visits to Parkland Memorial Hospital.