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The Washington Post
Sheriffs across the country have been calling their citizens "the first line of defense" against crime — a call to arms that some say is a new phenomenon following terrorist attacks at home and abroad. A sheriff in Wisconsin wants "as many law-abiding citizens to arm themselves in this country as we can get." One in New York state told people who are licensed to carry a gun to "please do so." In Florida, one sheriff said: "I can tell you the probability of needing a firearm is remote, but it's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone."
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KWTX-TV
A former West Texas sheriff has died in the crash of a small, single-engine airplane. The Midland County Sheriff's Office said former Midland County Sheriff Dallas Smith died in the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-22 took off Thursday from Midland Executive Airpark, bound for Big Spring. The aircraft was reported missing Friday.
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The Dallas Morning News
Dallas cops, just like the people they arrest, don't want a record.
Officers with disciplinary infractions could lose out on desirable jobs and promotions, or get transferred to worse duties.
Now, the department will offer cops a chance at wiping one minor violation off their record every two years. Some of the eligible offenses include being late, missing court and being rude.
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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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The Big Bend Sentinel
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been asked to decide whether crosses on Brewster County Sheriff's Office vehicles is constitutional. 83rd District Attorney Rod Ponton received a letter Tuesday from Opinion Committee Chair Virginia K. Hoelscher with a confirmation of the request and that the county should receive an opinion within 180 or sooner. The letter was also copied to other parties asking them to submit their opinion on the issue. Ponton was invited to forward other interested parties to the opinions committee so they could receive feedback no later than Feb. 4 to allow time for review.
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KSLA-TV
A memorial service is planned Saturday in Lindale for a K-9 who was killed in the line of duty. Ogar was fatally shot Tuesday when his handler, Smith County Deputy Constable Kevin Petty, attempted a traffic stop near Farm-to-Market 849 on Interstate 20 West. When Petty pulled the vehicle over, a suspect, later identified as Michael Paul Koch, 36, fled into the woods. Ogar chased the Koch into the woods. A few minutes later, Petty heard shots from the woods and found the dog dead.
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KXAN-TV
Money from a recently created state grant program stands to take a big chunk out of the $2 million price tag Austin police expect to spend this year on the city's first departmentwide, officer body-worn camera program. The Austin Police Department recently confirmed they were interested in applying for the grant under the Governor's Criminal Justice Division.
Preliminary information shows APD will receive $750,000 in grant funds.
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PoliceOne.com
The Police Executive Research Forum recently released their report "Re-engineering Training on Police Use of Force." The document contains an in-depth discussion of Lieutenant Dennis Tueller's 21-foot drill, often erroneously cited as the "21-foot rule."
The comments within the document should be alarming. Many national police executives opine that the 30-year-old magazine article written by Tueller has been misinterpreted as creating a "21-foot kill zone."
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The Fayetteville Observer
Police officers lacked clear legal guidance on when they may zap people with Tasers, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decided, so it made a new rule to restrict their use. If a person is not creating "an immediate safety risk," the court said, officers aren't allowed to shock him with a Taser. The pain it causes is an excessive use of force that violates the person's constitutional rights under the 4th Amendment, it said. The decision applies in the five states in the 4th Circuit: North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
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By Archita Datta Majumdar
 The news has been abuzz since President Barack Obama's executive action announcement, in which he ordered the Departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security to research "smart" guns and their viability. Obama reiterated his intention of "protecting our kids from gun violence" in his State of the Union address. Proponents of gun regulations are hoping technology will finally contribute to some actionable difference in the gun control issue.
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Officer.com
Unknown suspicious substances require immediate identification before responders can take the appropriate action. To complicate matters, "designer" drugs, which are typically contaminated with degradation products, impurities and unreacted precursors, are in wide circulation across the globe and are often difficult to detect using traditional technologies and methods.
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