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From Sheriff Elmer Tanner, Navarro County Sheriff's Office:
Congratulations to NCSO Communications Lieutenant Melanie Cagle on being recently appointed as the Region 1 Vice President of the Texas Association of Hostage Negotiators.
As a Regional Vice President she will not only be able to provide quality training for the member of region one, she will have access to training and trainers to provide specialized training within our department and county.
Region 1 is the smallest region, but has the highest number of TAHN members.
I am proud of Lieutenant Cagle and I wish her all the best with her new position.
San Antonio Express-News
Officials with the McLennan County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday they have identified the man who killed a 17-year-old Axtell teen in 1982, according to a report. On Aug. 10, 1982, Beth Bramlett's body was found near railroad tracks outside Axtell by a fisherman, according to the report. She appeared beaten had gunshot wounds to her head and chest.
The case went unsolved for 35 years, but thanks to help from the office's newly established cold case unit, they were able to determine the murder suspect was one of the initial people of interest in the homicide investigation.
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Fox News
Following a standoff, a handcuffed suspect who fired on two Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies Wednesday night, injuring one of them, is "deceased in the residence," the sheriff's office announced via Twitter. Specific details of the death were not immediately available, but the sheriff's office also tweeted that a woman was rescued from the house and was in "good condition."
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KTBC-TV
A Caldwell County Sheriff's Office deputy is in the hospital after a shooting. It happened just around midnight. Officials say deputies responded to a call regarding theft on Hidden Oak Road in the Dale, Texas, area. When deputies responded they were shot at and one of the deputies was shot multiple times.
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Urgent Communications
Officials for the Brazos County Sheriff Office announce that it is the first public-safety agency in Texas to subscribe to FirstNet services provided by AT&T, joining a handful of early adopters already using the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
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Critical task model policies available to all county law enforcement operations through the TAC Risk Management Pool help reduce liability risks and lower claims exposure. MORE
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By Dave G. Houser
Regardless of where you stand on the issue, the legalization of marijuana is well underway across America. As of today, 31 states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing cannabis for medical and/or recreational use. Nine of those states and D.C. have legalized recreational marijuana, and at least six more are expected to follow suit. Currently, about 72 million Americans live where cannabis is legal, so the ramifications — good and bad — affect nearly a third of our nation's population.
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The Houston Chronicle
The head of the Houston police union announced recently that city leaders had pledged to grow the Houston Police Department ranks by 500 officers over the next five years, far fewer than the city's police chief said he needs.
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PoliceOne.com
One of the easiest ways to gather information is to just ask. Of course, when interviewing a suspect, police officers must know how, when and what to ask for. Here are 10 considerations to improve your suspect interview strategy.
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JAVMA
Minuscule amounts of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and fentanyl analogues such as carfentanil, can cause overdoses in the same police dogs that were safe while sniffing for heroin. University veterinarians, police departments and nonprofit organizations are giving police and emergency medical technicians opioid antidote kits intended for emergency use in dogs and training them how to administer the antidote.
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The Global Dispatch
Many people don't think about the real life application of self-defense with a firearm, but they should. If you carry a weapon for personal protection, it's just as useless to you as a squirt gun if you can't properly engage the target. The only way to improve your defensive is to practice your shot.
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