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KHOU-TV
There are major changes coming in the Bexar County Sheriff's Office pursuit policy. Sheriff Javier Salazar said that the district attorney is in the process of reviewing a draft of his revisions.
In January, the sheriff formed the SCOPE team (Sheriff and Citizens Organized for Public Engagement), which is made up of community members and deputies. Sheriff Salazar says that they created a draft with the purpose of making the pursuit policy more clear and concise. The draft reduced the 14-page document to nine pages. The last revision to the policy was in 2014.
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KDFI-TV
U. Renee Hall will be the new Dallas chief of police. Hall will be the first female police chief in the city's history and will start on Sept. 5, the city announced on Wednesday. Hall has been on the Detroit police force for nearly two decades and became deputy chief in 2014.
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Houston Chronicle
Hundreds of patrol vehicles could be facing safety checks in Houston and Harris County after officers in Austin and other parts of the country apparently became ill from exhaust leaks while on patrol in special-edition Ford Explorers. Local law enforcement officials have received few complaints about odors in vehicles but are checking out the nearly 600 vehicles now on the streets.
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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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Alice Echo News-Journal
Wyatt Ranches donated $150,000 to the Duval County Sheriff's Office for community-oriented patrols, on behalf of The Wyatt Foundation, for 2017. Currently serving in his third term as the Duval County sheriff, Romeo Ramirez welcomed the donated funds to increase his patrols throughout all areas of the county.
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CNN
A Laredo woman faces federal drug trafficking charges after police seized 75 pounds of liquid crystal methamphetamine worth $2 million inside her vehicle, according to the Austin Police Department. The 23-year-old woman was stopped for speeding in Austin last week, and officers became suspicious of her during their interaction, APD said in a statement.
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We are creating the new generation of Public Safety Software that will revolutionize the way that public safety officials conduct their day to day lives through brand new and easy to use technologies. MORE
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Houston Chronicle
One of the southeast Texas county officials behind a recent offer to provide 900 air conditioned prison beds to inmates involved in a federal lawsuit against the state prisons has a storied past.
Billy Rowles, a veteran lawman who previously served as sheriff of Jasper County and now serves in Newton County, was portrayed by Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight in the 2003 "Jasper," a made-for-TV movie about the community's response to the dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
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KTRK-TV
Dramatic body camera video shows how La Marque police officers tried to stop a train dragging an SUV under it with two injured people inside the vehicle. The crash happened near Main Street and Highway 3. According to police, the engineer of the train did not realize the Dodge Durango had crashed into one of the freight cars or that the SUV was wedged under it.
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Fighting germs where they are found. Providing Sustainable and Effective Hand Hygiene and Infection Control for a Healthier Corrections Facility. MORE
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American City & County
Texas has one more vocal critic of its new senate bill that targets sanctuary cities and immigrants. On July 17, Laredo's city council voted unanimously to join a lawsuit that a growing list of city and county plaintiffs are pursuing against the Texas government, LMT Online reports.
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Officer.com
A few years back, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime published a study on human trafficking. Because human trafficking is committed on such a large and expanding scale, law enforcement, science and private industry have joined hands to create programs to help defeat traffickers.
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NBC News
The number of police officers and federal agents who died in the line of duty has jumped this year, an increase largely attributable to a spike in car crashes and job-related illnesses, according to a new report.
The report, by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, comes as the nation approaches the anniversaries of July 2016 ambush killings that left eight officers dead in Dallas and Baton Rouge, fanning a furious national debate over anti-cop sentiment. The statistics were also released two days after the funeral of a New York police officer ambushed on July 5.
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CBS News
Virtual reality is being used to train law enforcement officers for scenarios they may encounter out in the field, ranging from traffic stops to active shooter situations. A new facility incorporating a virtual reality simulator along with a physical training environment was introduced last month in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The facility is the first of its kind in the state and another step towards virtual reality becoming a more mainstream element in law enforcement training across the country.
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