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KCEN-TV
The driver who led a Bell County Sheriff's deputy on a short pursuit in Harker Heights Tuesday afternoon died in a gun battle with the deputy, officials have confirmed. The deputy attempted to stop a small van on FM 2410 at 3:40 p.m. It is unclear what prompted the traffic stop. But, the driver fled eastbound and veered onto a private drive that curves onto a hill in the 12300 block of FM 2410 near Rummel Road. Shortly thereafter, the driver engaged in a shootout with the deputy. The deputy was unhurt, but the suspect was shot dead.
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Bloomberg
The truck carrying Takata Corp. air-bag inflators exploded "like a big bomb," said the Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber, whose officers rushed the scene. The cause of the grisly accident last week isn't known, he said, and the damage was so extensive that a woman killed in the blast was identified only through dental records.
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The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Police Chief David Brown announced his retirement Thursday. Brown will step down from his role as top cop Oct. 22, his 56th birthday. He became chief in 2010. He has worked for the Dallas Police Department for 33 years and is the longest-serving police chief.
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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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The Sacramento Bee
A California sheriff's office wants Colin Kaepernick to see firsthand what kind of training they go through. Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, has sparked national debate after he revealed he wasn't standing for the national anthem before preseason games to protest the oppression of black people in the U.S. Some people have praised his right to free speech while others have called him unpatriotic.
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Austin American-Statesman
As lawmakers have wrestled in recent years with easing restrictions on marijuana use — an issue they likely will confront again when they convene in January — prosecutors in the state's most populated areas are relaxing their pursuit of cases that involve recreational amounts of the drug. An Austin American-Statesman analysis shows those practices are resulting in a spike of marijuana dismissals in Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Travis and Tarrant counties. In each of the five counties, the rate of dismissal has risen since 2011, dramatically in some places. The trend also appears to be playing out statewide, where 23 percent of all misdemeanor marijuana cases were dismissed in 2011. In 2015, nearly a third were.
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PoliceOne.com
Swearing, cursing, profanity ... whatever it is called, is part of the human experience. It is also part of police culture. And just as profanity varies in nature, content, function it serves, and acceptance across cultures, so does it in the world of policing. Perhaps the most important reality acknowledged by all three authors and many others is that profanity affects perception. This seems especially important in today’s climate and culture where there is extreme scrutiny of use of force and where such actions can co-occur with profanity.
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Officer.com
Beside the sheer horrific nature and senselessness of the acts, the Sandy Hook shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Orlando nightclub massacre share a critical commonality. In all of these cases many of the fatalities were caused not by the immediate blast or bullet, but by rapid and catastrophic bleeding. Unfortunately, this appears to be an increasing phenomenon, but it is one that can be prevented.
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PBS
As police-involved shootings have increased tensions between police and black communities across the country, some law enforcement agencies have put out similar calls for help in hopes of recruiting a more diverse force as one way to re-establish community trust. Leaders in Dallas, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Knoxville, Tennessee, recently refocused their efforts to attract and hire more minorities.
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PoliceOne.com
Electronic control devices are one of the most useful tools on a duty belt. Although rare, these devices can sometimes fail. Dave Smith offers key tactics in the unlikely event that this happens.
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