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Waco Tribune-Herald
In the fifth human trafficking sting conducted in the last year and a half by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, officers arrested 61 men and women on charges connected to soliciting sex or participating in prostitution, making the operation the largest of the five, sheriff's officials announced.
Beginning in mid-May, McLennan County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division deputies conducted an undercover, online operation targeting people engaged in various forms of human trafficking. As of June 24, 56 suspects were arrested for their role in human trafficking or prostitution charges, while five additional warrants remain pending.
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KXAS-TV
A woman who fatally shot her two daughters did not target her estranged husband because she "wanted him to suffer" the memory of their deaths, a sheriff said Wednesday. Christy Sheats, 42, "had ample time" on Friday to shoot Jason Sheats after she called a family meeting at their home west of Houston, Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said during a news conference. Jason Sheats, 45, thought his wife was going to discuss a possible divorce with the couple's daughters, Nehls said, but she instead shot Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22.
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Houston Chronicle
The Harris County Sheriff's Office found homemade explosives after executing a search warrant in a child pornography investigation on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Sheriff's Office, authorities were looking for two suspects at the property in the 17500 block of Haywood Oaks. One of the suspects fired at deputies upon their arrival, officials said. Shots were not returned and no injuries were reported. Both suspects were taken into custody. Deputies then discovered several homemade explosive devices on the property.
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Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers and investigators assisted by the SPCA of Texas (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) seized 12 dogs, five of which were puppies, and two horses from a residence in Como Tuesday afternoon. The animals were seized after an investigation by the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office following a number of complaints from neighbors of the residence.
Deputy Sheriff and County Animal Cruelty Investigator Kody Hume launched his investigation regarding the situation. After noting the condition, Hume obtained the warrant for the seizure and contacted the SPCA for their assistance in housing the animals after they were removed from the Como location.
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KTBC-TV
The Austin Police Department continued its mission of being progressive and all-inclusive by adopting new policies and procedures for interaction with the LGBTQ community. The changes come at the same time officers increase protection efforts around LGBTQ bars in the wake of the Orlando shooting.
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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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KVIA-TV
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is searching for a wanted sex offender. Authorities say Robert Lee Herron was released from West Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility on Monday, June 27. They say he was scheduled to arrive in El Paso later that day. Herron was supposed to notify the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole once he was in El Paso county but didn't.
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Tyler Morning Telegraph
The horrific and dangerous scene is all too familiar: Shots fired, emergency responders rush to the scene to subdue a shooter but not before the suspect kills or injures others. That was the scenario simulated inside the Robert R. Muntz Library at The University of Texas at Tyler, where first responders conducted an active shooter drill. In partnership with the Tyler Police Department, Tyler Fire Rescue, ETMC and the local office of the FBI, UT-Tyler police staged the drill as a way to train employees and students on how to respond when they are faced with an active shooter situation.
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By Denise A. Valenti
 Removing those who drive from the road if they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol just got more complicated for law enforcement officers. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that obtaining biologic specimens using a breathalyzer is allowed, but obtaining blood specimens will require a warrant. While this ruling has some impact in cases of driving under the influence of alcohol, the bigger impact will be felt in marijuana DUIs, where blood testing is the only legal means of determination.
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Newsweek
Online interactions between gang members rarely involve formed sentences. Instead, they are conducted in codes that involve written text interspersed with emoticons, hashtags, numbers, special characters, photos, video and music clips. Think of these codes as the gang's shibboleth separating "in-group" members from "out-group" pretenders. Law enforcement agencies across the United States are expanding their capacities to police cyberspace and take on the growing threat posed by digital gangs and cybercrime.
PoliceOne.com
Starting in 2010, Congress named June 27 PTSD Awareness Day and in 2014, the Senate designated the full month of June for National PTSD Awareness Month. Sadly, PTSD has all too often led officers to commit suicide. According to a study done by Badge of Life, 141 cops took their own lives in 2008, and in 2009 there were 143 police suicides.
There is no way of telling how many of those tragedies were caused by PTSD, but one can confidently say that at least some of them were the result of PTSD. Regardless of the cause, it is incumbent on police leaders today to work hard to put suicide prevention capabilities in place so that officers can get the support they need in difficult times.
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