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KYTX-TV
Hundreds of new laws took effect in Texas on Sept. 1. One in particular could help keep you and those protecting you safe.
The law sets aside $10 million in grants that can help law enforcement agencies buy body cameras. Departments that receive the money will have to create policies for the cameras that follow state guidelines and officers will undergo training.
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Reuters via Yahoo News
The mother of a Texas teenager known for an "affluenza" defense in a deadly drunken-driving crash he caused will soon be transferred from detention in Los Angeles to the Fort Worth area, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said on Wednesday. Tonya Couch, 48, has been charged with third-degree felony for helping her son, Ethan, 18, escape to Mexico, a crime that can bring up to 10 years in prison if she is convicted.
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The Associated Press via KQRE-TV
A Marine stationed in Arizona was arrested Tuesday in the fatal shooting early on New Year's Day of a North Texas college student, authorities said. The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that Cpl. Eric Johnson, 20, was taken into custody at the north gate of the Marine Corps air station in Yuma, Arizona. Police in Denton said he was arrested on a murder warrant in the death of 20-year-old Sara Mutschlechner.
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Former sheriffs, including a former SAT president, help TAC Risk Management Pool members reduce their law enforcement operations liabilities. See consultant territories online. MORE
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CBS News
Social media posts were used to identify a U.S. Marine accused of shooting and killing a Texas college student as she drove her friends home from a party on New Year's Day, according to police.
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San Antonio Express-News
Gov. Greg Abbott, continuing his plunge into a range of religious debates, is backing the display of crosses on sheriff's department vehicles in a West Texas county. In this instance, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson has allowed his deputies to put the outline of a small cross on their patrol vehicles' rear windows, according to the district attorney for the area including the county.
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Texas Observer
A new form is supposed to help jail officials better identify people who might hurt themselves and provide jail staff with clear directions for dealing with them, but Texas sheriffs say the new requirements are an expensive, unfunded mandate.
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The News & Observer
Few people give much thought to the seconds that pass every day; they lapse in the length of a breath or bite of a sandwich. But in emergencies, seconds matter, potentially adding up to the difference between life and death.
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PoliceOne.com
There isn't any doubt that the threat to America's law enforcement officers has increased, and as we enter 2016 we need to redouble our training for both on-duty and off-duty threats. We need to continue the practice of semper vigilis.
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