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KWTX-TV
Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell along with other sheriffs are together this week for the Sheriff's Association of Texas Annual Conference. Sowell was the association's president last year. He'll step down, and in his place will be Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson.
Chuck Norris, who owns a ranch in Grimes County, was guest speaker at the conference.
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KEYE-TV
Shooting deaths of police officers have spiked for the first half of the year compared to last year. According to a preliminary report from the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Fund, police shooting deaths are up 78 percent from January to July. The report states 32 officers have died in firearms-related incidents and 14 of those deaths were ambush-style attacks.
The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund's preliminary report states law enforcement deaths across the country are up 8 percent. It said 63 officers have died on-duty nationwide in 2016 with the majority of those deaths — 14 — being in Texas. Louisiana has seen the second-most police officer deaths this year with seven.
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Breitbart
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek's drug interdiction team is making a major impact on the flow of drugs that have been missed by border checkpoints. The team has also become accomplished at interdicting large amounts of cash headed towards the Mexican border.
Korenek made drug enforcement a major priority for his department when he was first elected in 2004. As he approaches the end of his third term as sheriff, his department is seeing the goals become reality as the record of his department's success in drug interdiction grows.
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Austin American-Statesman
The Travis County sheriff’s office has released details on the funeral and visitationfor Sgt. Craig Hutchinson, who was shot and killed early Monday outside his Round Rock home. The visitation will be on Monday, Aug. 1, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cook Walden Funeral Home, at 6100 North Lamar Blvd., in Austin, officials said.
The funeral will take place Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 10 a.m. at the Shoreline Church, located at 15201 Burnet Road. It will be followed by a graveside service with police honors at Cook Walden-Capital Parks, located at 14501 North Interstate 35.
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KLTV-TV
Special machines are helping the Marshall Police Department communicate with those who speak other languages. Two weeks ago the department received translators through a government program to help serve their growing Spanish-speaking population.
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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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KXAS-TV
The Dallas Police Department says job applications to the force have more than quadrupled since a man shot and killed five police officers and wounded nine others and two civilians. A department statement recently says 467 applications were received in the 12 days after the July 7 shootings during what had been a peaceful protest of recent police shootings of black men. That's an average of nearly 39 per day.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Now that a police robot has been used to kill a suspect in Dallas, can drones be far behind? The idea is a long way from becoming reality, experts say. Arlington Police Department is the only one in the Metroplex that uses drones, and they're used to protect lives.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 The past few weeks have been tragic for America, as unspeakable acts of violence have been committed against police. However, the tension has been brewing for some time, and we have seen a lot of anti-police sentiments aired over social media for the past few years. As these hostile feelings intensified, many police activities and shootings have been highly scrutinized by the media and the general population, whether warranted or not.
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Piqua Daily Call
Miami County Sheriff's Office in Ohio has launched a new online reporting system allowing users to access sheriff office activity within the county. The system, called RAIDS Online, is an online crime mapping and analytic tool which works with the sheriff's office records systems to display crime data on a map, grid or on the online dashboard.
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