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KWTX-TV
Bond was set at $250,000 Wednesday for a Central Texas man suspected of robbing the BBVA Compass Bank in Marlin armed with what turned out to be a realistic toy pistol or air gun.
Ronald James Bryant, 60, was arrested Tuesday evening at a home in Lott after investigators traced a vehicle caught on surveillance video to a home in Lott.
Falls County Sheriff Ricky Scaman had said earlier he was determined to find the man.
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Houston Chronicle
Nearly four years after Fort Bend County voters approved bonds to add law enforcement resources to the Katy area, plans for a new substation are are at a standstill because of a dispute between the sheriff and a county commissioner over the best location.
Discussions on the project have halted, and Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers said it's unlikely the topic will be reintroduced at upcoming commissioners' meetings. A previously offered donation of land is no longer being considered, but Meyers said he plans to secure another plot that could cost the county $1.75 million.
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NPR
Faced with a flood of addicted inmates and challenged by lawsuits, America's county jails are struggling to adjust to an opioid health crisis that has turned many of the jails into their area's largest drug treatment centers.
In an effort to get a handle on the problem, more jails are adding some form of medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, to help inmates safely detox from opioids and stay clean behind bars and after release.
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Houston Chronicle
A man's body was found in the trunk of a car Thursday morning in the Mount Houston area, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The car was located in the 7500 block of Furay Road, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted about the discovery at 5:40 a.m.
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KIII-TV
The San Patricio County Sheriff's Office and Department of Public Safety troopers were called to Highway 359 near Tynan, Texas, Thursday morning after a fatal two-vehicle collision.
It happened sometime after 10:30 a.m. Thursday near the San Patricio and Bee county line.
San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera said both drivers involved in the crash were killed.
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 Texas law does not currently require adequate shelter for animals. These laws are changing, and your task force will finally be able to respond to immediate animal abuse calls accordingly. Here’s what you need to know.
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PEOPLE
Authorities in Brazoria County are seeking information about the burning of several beehives last weekend in which more than 500,000 bees were killed.
Early Saturday morning, just before 2 a.m., a deputy with the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office came across several burning bee boxes and beehives, a spokesperson for the department told PEOPLE. The deputy quickly extinguished the flames, but the damage had already been done.
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PoliceOne.com
For a law enforcement officer, leaving active duty can be a difficult time. Whether or not the person freely chooses to leave, is forced to leave, medically retires or just hits that "mark" of retirement, a strong camaraderie among fellow officers has been developed.
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Former sheriffs, including a former SAT president, help TAC Risk Management Pool members reduce their law enforcement operations liabilities.
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SC Magazine
Much like in the Old West when the town sheriff and a few deputies did their best to keep the local citizens safe from the black-hatted bad guys who inhabited the surrounding empty land, today's chief privacy officer must keep data locked down at companies, organizations or government entities and beyond the reach of cybercriminals.
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From telephones and video visitation to tablets and kiosks, NCIC looks forward to supporting you with all of your Inmate Communications needs.
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Officer.com
Who is the firearms expert in your department? If you’re on a big agency, then there are likely many of them regularly working at your firearms range. If your agency is small, it might just be the person who has been hunting long enough or enjoys firearms the most. Whether that responsibility falls on you or not, it’s important for you as a law enforcement officer to stay as informed about firearms as possible.
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PoliceOne.com
More than 100 people were killed or injured in school shootings in the U.S. in 2018, the worst year on record for gun violence in schools. The Washington Post reports that nearly a quarter-million students have experienced gun violence at school since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999.
Clearly, campus safety is a critical issue across the country, but law enforcement is too often relegated to a reactive role. So how can local police agencies engage with schools in their jurisdictions to help increase safety and thwart would-be shooters?
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