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KFDM-TV
The Tyler County Sheriff's Office is investigating Sunday's fire as a capital murder, Sheriff Bryan Weatherford announced at a news conference Wednesday. Bruce Lee Chance, 37, of Orange, is the primary suspect, Weatherford said. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon, KFDM News has learned.
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The Associated Press via KTXS-TV
A North Texas sheriff who acknowledged being involved in a New Year's Day fight has resigned and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. Ellis County Sheriff Johnny Brown quit Wednesday. Brown, in a plea deal, was sentenced to a day in jail and fined $500.
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Courthouse News Service
The man in charge of Texas' busiest jail is a defendant in a federal class action attacking his county's bail system, yet he sided with the plaintiffs Wednesday, testifying that most poor misdemeanor arrestees should be released from jail on no-fee bonds. Just two months into his tenure, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is standing at the crossroads of criminal justice reform and business as usual in the state's most populous county with his thumb out, eager to help implement changes he says are long overdue.
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KLTV-TV
Titus County Sheriff's Department is investigating after three men were killed in what investigators believe were two failed robbery attempts on family members. Sheriff Tim Ingram said deputies were called around 1 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of County Road 3140 in the Cookville area, just north of Mount Pleasant.
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Houston Chronicle
The allegations were chilling: A woman claimed as many as 15 members of a fraternity at Stephen F. Austin University had sexually assaulted her in the woods during a fraternity party.
The woman making the accusation offered witnesses, photos and details to back her allegations. But, the Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office on Monday closed the case, saying there's no reason to believe the woman was sexually assaulted.
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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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By Bambi Majumdar
 Americans spend more than 10 hours a day looking at screens, most of it on the Internet. So it makes sense that our police departments are taking note of the fact and trying to connect with their communities online. One social platform that is helping them do that with success is Nextdoor.com. Operating as a private social network, Nextdoor connects neighbors. It is, however, interesting that the site has evolved to include the local law enforcement departments into their network.
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PoliceOne.com
The IACP recently released a fact sheet on officer ambushes that covers the years 1990 to 2012. It indicates an average of 9.3 officers killed by firearms annually. The FBI’s LEOKA studies show that there were five deaths in 2013, seven in 2014 and four in 2015.
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Officer.com
Although many local law enforcement agencies do not require applicants to have a college degree, police departments in larger cities have started mandating that new hires possess an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree or some college coursework. A 2015 Bureau of Justice Statistics report showed that in 2013, 32 percent of police departments required new hires to have some college education, and 23 percent of local law enforcement professionals were employed for agencies that required at least a two-year degree.
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