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KWTX-TV
The Texas Department of Public safety is looking for leads in the 1974 murder of Harris County Deputy Sheriff Edd Williams, who was shot to death on Jan. 12, 1974, during a robbery at the Victoria Apartments in Houston. The suspects in the case at the time were two black males in their early 20s, who would be in their early to mid-60s today, the DPS said.
A reward of as much as $20,000 is offered for information that results in the case being solved, officials said. The case is the first to be featured under a new program announced Tuesday.
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The Dallas Morning News
For two decades, one unsolved homicide has haunted Arlington police detectives past and present. Despite thousands of tips, police say they're no closer to solving the abduction-slaying of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. But on the anniversary of her disappearance, they say they will never give up.
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Breitbart
Members of the Harris County Sheriff Department's Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) discovered that a homeless man allegedly carrying a fake ID card was actually wanted for two charges of indecency with a child and another felony charge of theft. Robert B. Jones, 65, was arrested by HOT team deputies in northwest Houston on Monday. The deputies encountered the homeless man who requested that he be taken to a local homeless shelter. He told the deputies his name was Samuel Johnson, according to a statement from the Harris County Sheriff's Office obtained by Breitbart Texas.
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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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KTRE-TV
A Georgia woman saved two small children left in a car alone at a shopping center, but the way she got in contact with 911 dispatchers is surprising. Local law enforcement said the technology she used to get a hold of them will be in East Texas in the near future.
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The Associated Press via Bryan-College Station Eagle
Researchers plan to survey 911 callers and drivers pulled over by police in Dallas in an effort to examine whether police body cameras affect public confidence in law enforcement. The six-month study by the Caruth Police Institute will involve 100 officers wearing cameras and 100 officers who don't, The Dallas Morning News reported. The institute is housed in the Dallas Police Department and is affiliated with the University of North Texas at Dallas.
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KFDA-TV
Playing cops and robbers used to be pretty simple. A pop gun and a plastic badge would have sufficed. Nowadays, one would need a drone worth several thousand dollars to accurately imitate a modern police force. According to Geoffery Mormal, the Chief Technological Officer for EagleEye Systems, the future of policing and emergency response will entrust itself to intelligent drone technology.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Budget cuts, new digital technologies as well as an evolving security landscape are forcing the police to review how it delivers services and what services are appropriate for the future. While today's police leaders understand there is no "silver-bullet" solution, some forward-thinking forces are eager to embrace operational, technological, organizational and cultural change to help overcome the challenges of today and prepare for the even greater challenges of tomorrow.
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PoliceOne.com
No one has to the ability to predict the future, and ancient soothsayers were not really magical, but you don't have to be Nostradamus to identify the challenges which might lie ahead for law enforcement leaders this coming year. All we have to do is apply historical information and meld it with intuition and data to foresee likely trends ahead.
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