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KCEN-TV
The Bell County Sheriff's Department is cracking down on human sex trafficking after a two-day prostitution sting landed 20 men in jail. Thirteen were active duty soldiers who ranked from Private E-2, Master Sergeant, Major and Chief Warrant Officer 3. Bell County Police said the other seven men were business men from the central Texas area.
The two-day operation happened at motels in Killeen and Salado. Police said once an ad was placed online, it took 20 minutes for the men to start responding.
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KLTV-TV
Some East Texas law enforcement agencies are donating to Hurricane Harvey victims in a new way. The Harrison County Sheriff's Office along with several others are helping farmers and ranchers by giving them hay.
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Marketplace
When Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years. With long hold times, many of the trapped residents turned to social media for help. It got to the point where the Houston Police Department issued a statement urging people to please not contact its social media accounts for rescue requests.
There was one other way to request help: by texting 911. However, according to Joe Laud, the administration manager at the Houston Emergency center, text-to-911 "didn't see too much activity" over the past few days. Compared to the tens of thousands of calls, the center received just a handful of texts.
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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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San Antonio Express-News
As if on cue, an incoming call interrupted Omar Lucio mid-sentence as the mustachioed sheriff of Cameron County extolled the virtues of the latest biometric recognition technology. Using the recently acquired Inmate Recognition and Identification System, or IRIS, the county jail had just exposed the true identity of a man wanted by the FBI on a litany of offenses.
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Austin American-Statesman
A former school official who worked in districts across Central Texas has been arrested in Arizona, where he stands accused him of soliciting young girls for sex, the Phoenix-area Pinal County sheriff's office said. Karl Waggoner was arrested Tuesday near Four Peaks Elementary School in Arizona, where he had just begun his job as principal this summer, the sheriff's office said. Waggoner is charged with luring a minor for sex, Arizona records show.
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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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KPRC-TV
A new Texas law now in effect that bans texting while driving is full of loopholes, Channel 2 Investigates has learned. The law took effect Sept. 1, during the height of Harvey. Jeff Seely, a personal injury attorney in Houston who generally supports the new law, said that the legislation, a product of compromise, offers drivers a range of possible defenses and mandates that officers must not only witness offenders using their phones, but identify that the activity is specifically texting.
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PoliceOne.com
Maintaining your sense of situational awareness can improve your decision-making under pressure and allow you to get a better understanding of the circumstances you’re dealing with, whether that’s a patrol run or a SWAT operation.
Without situational awareness, officers run the risk of endangering their colleagues, themselves and the public. You need to always “have your head on a swivel,” scanning the environment while focusing on the task at hand.
The following are tips to improve your own sense of situational awareness.
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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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NPR
Striking the right balance between free speech and public safety has become a challenge for local police departments this year, as demonstrators show increasing willingness to confront one another, occasionally with violence. Sometimes the police are criticized for acting too quickly.
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PoliceOne.com
You've all heard the saying "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." But there's a reason thinking ahead is vital to success. Dave Smith uses footage of a suspect pursuit to unpack the importance of having a plan.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Sometimes the headlines say it all. The Fontana Police Department in California recently announced body cameras as an essential part of their gear. Local media reported it as FPD "joining 21st century policing" with advanced tools. That's what body cams have become today — advanced tools to help in better policing. The technology is being rapidly adopted by agencies across the nation and will soon become a necessary part of an officer's gear.
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Officer.com
With more than 25 years of research and development into the robotics space, one company took their experience of creating highly customized one-off machines into the production industry. And they have a trained eye on law enforcement.
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