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KTRK-TV
Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said he will renew the county's contract with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement's 287g program, which utilizes local law officers to identify — for deportation proceedings — suspected criminals in the country illegally. The program deputizes Harris County jailers to put arrestees through the U.S. government's immigration databases looking for anyone who may be in the country illegally.
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KXAS-TV
A North Texas man has been arrested for manslaughter in the death of his 6-month-old daughter. Capt. Jim Moody of the Collin County Sheriff's Department says deputies were called about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to the family's home in Melissa, about 40 miles north of Dallas. An arrest warrant released Wednesday details what 33-year-old Michael Thedford told investigators.
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KIII-TV
Beeville police have arrested a wanted man out of Dewitt County. William Eaton is accused of spearheading a massive fraud ring that ended up costing Beeville businesses tens of thousands of dollars. Investigators found him in a Beeville motel. In his possession authorities found credit cards and checks in someone else's name. That someone happened to be a man who was in prison. Turns out Eaton roomed with that man behind bars.
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North Austin-Pflugerville Patch
City council members recently approved investing more than $1 million for technology to be used by the police department. On June 14, council approved an investment of $1.197 million for a Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System (CAD/RMS) to replace the city's outdated unit, officials said. The new system automates large portions of the dispatch procedure, officials explained. The new CAD/RMS can send details to the officers in the field, help create expedited incident reports and includes an analytics capability.
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The Associated Press via The Dallas Morning News
A Houston-area police officer and an 11-year-old boy are dead after the officer’s patrol car collided with an SUV as he chased a suspected drunken driver. Trooper Richard Standifer says Patton Village police Sgt. Stacey Baumgartner died en route to a hospital after Sunday night's collision. The boy died at the scene and five other people in the SUV were critically hurt. The Texas Department of Public Safety has not released the name of the boy. The suspect, Garrett Nee, is being held on charges of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault with a vehicle.
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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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Laredo Morning Times
Local, state and federal authorities said suspects in narcotics and human smuggling cases are getting younger and younger. Laredo police, assisted by U.S. Border Patrol, launched a joint investigation in January on juvenile offenders smuggling narcotics and immigrants along the Rio Grande.
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The Associated Press via Greenfield Daily Reporter
A Central Texas police chief will retire next month after nearly 40 years on the force. Waco police Chief Brent Stroman announced plans to retire from the department where he's served since 1977. City officials plan a reception to honor Stroman prior to his July 31 retirement.
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USA Today
The Senate as expected on Monday rejected four partisan gun measures offered in the wake of the Orlando massacre, including proposals to keep guns out of the hands of people on terror watch lists. Two Republican proposals would have increased funding for the national background check system and created a judicial review process to keep a person on a terror watch list from buying a gun; two Democratic measures would have expanded background checks to private gun sales and allowed the Justice Department to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
A crime-fighting tool until now kept under wraps by the Hennepin County (Minnesota) Sheriff's Office is drawing both praise as a critical asset in the hunt for bad guys, but also concern in an era of growing surveillance. The sheriff's office is the only law enforcement agency in the state to offer facial recognition technology, once the domain of the military and top national intelligence investigators. The software now generates leads on drug dealers, bank robbers, burglars and other conventional criminal suspects.
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