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The Dallas Morning News
Two deputies were injured and a woman was found dead after a daylong standoff with a man barricaded in a San Antonio-area house full of propane tanks. Two deputies were injured and a woman was found dead after a daylong standoff with a man barricaded in a San Antonio-area house full of propane tanks.
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Plano Star Courier
At a Wednesday press conference, Lt. Nick Bristow of the Collin County Sheriff's Office said CCSO, Anna Police Department and Plano Police Department officers will continue to secure the area while Plano detectives and crime scene investigators process the scene and collect evidence until it gets dark. Construction workers in Anna discovered the skeletal remains of an unidentified person Wednesday morning in a field just south of 1800 block of Taylor Boulevard.
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The Tactical Wire
We as law enforcement officers need to have a clear idea of what the hierarchy of safety needs really is. Officer safety is NOT our first concern, if it were we would either hide out at the police station all day or, better yet, just stay home and not go to work. Police work is not about risk avoidance, it is about risk mitigation while also doing the job we have sworn to do.
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KDVR-TV
A high-risk sex offender was captured in a rural area of western Teller County, Colorado, on Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Dakota Stewart, 26, was found early in the morning near Florissant west of Colorado Springs by Teller County Sheriff's Office deputies and U.S. Marshals. The sheriff's office said it received a tip that the U.S. Marshals Service was acting on a lead saying Stewart might be in the county. Stewart, who was listed as one of Texas' 10 most wanted sex offender fugitives and was classified as armed and dangerous, was found in the Florissant Heights subdivision living at a campsite.
He had been wanted in Texas since August for two counts of failing to register as a sex offender and one count of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, the sheriff's office said. Stewart was smiling for his mugshot that was distributed by the sheriff's office.
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Business Insider
Crime linked to cryptocurrency is taking on an increasingly high profile as law enforcement agencies scramble to deal with a new technology complicating how they operate. But not all coins are created equal. While bitcoin steals most of the headlines, with wild price swings making and breaking fortunes by the hour, a hard core of extra-secure currencies are starting to worry police forces the world over even more.
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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 Bambi Majumdar
 The Department of Justice recently announced new policies on forensic science, including guidance on how to implement better quality assurance measures. Advanced practice and technology will improve coordination and collaboration between the various local, state and federal departments. The implementation and application of these new practices will enhance forensic investigations. This is good news for law enforcement officers across the country.
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PoliceOne.com
The number of viral videos of police encounters has skyrocketed in recent years, bringing with it national scrutiny about officer conduct and agency policies. Some of these videos have justly highlighted improper and unprofessional officer behavior, while others have shown officers acting within their legal authority, but in a way that draws negative public response.
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