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Corsicana Daily Sun via Athens Daily Review
The murder of Shelley Watkins has been on former Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt's mind for 23 years. According to the Henderson County Crimestoppers Facebook page, Shelley was last seen alive on Sept. 6, 1993 at her residence in Beaton Estates in Corsicana. On Sept. 13, 1993, Shelley's body was discovered by fishermen in the Trinity River just west of Seven Points. She was reported missing by family members but not immediately.
Nutt said there were some days between the last time Shelley was seen alive and the actual time her disappearance was reported to the NCSO. He said says the case is not closed and they are still searching for Shelley's killer or killers. Major Bryan Tower with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office is currently working the case and fully agrees with Nutt that the case has not gone cold.
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The Monitor
A Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputy died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound she suffered outside a residence. Celina Flores, 32, of Edinburg, died Tuesday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound she suffered outside a residence in McAllen, according to multiple law enforcement authorities.
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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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KAGS-TV
Experts are trying to identify the remains of a preschool-age girl found inside a container left along a Central Texas pasture. The Madison County Sheriff's Office says a person who was mowing grass on Saturday discovered the container near a fence about 40 feet from the edge of an Interstate 45 feeder road. The area is near Madisonville, about 85 miles northwest of Houston.
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KTAL-TV
The Marshall Police Department is now using a training simulator to help prepare officers for the field. It generates more than 600 real-life scenarios from armed robberies to active shooter situations. "Real-world decisions about uses of force or not or any time of situation like that are split seconds," said Administrative Lieutenant William Huffman Jr. The simulator costs an initial $29,000, and with needed additions, it's worth more than $40,000.
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KLTV-TV
An East Texas woman is using her story to educate people on the dangers of drug abuse. Every Tuesday evening, she posts an article on the Kilgore Police Department's Facebook page, detailing her struggle with drugs and exposing what happened as she continued to use them. After serving time and going through a prison rehab therapy, Lisa Turner wanted to share her story of drug abuse to educate others on the dangers drugs can pose.
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PoliceOne.com
Phonetic alphabets are meant for radio users to be able to pronounce and understand strings of letters and numbers regardless of signal quality. The police alphabet, unique to American officers, is even more succinct than the military code and useful for communicating information, like names and license plates, clearly over radio.
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By Bambi Majumdar
In the face of recent controversy, maintaining morale and productivity in police departments has been tough. For leaders in law enforcement agencies, managing teams in the face of the legitimacy crisis and de-policing trends has been quite a challenge. A recent study shows the "Ferguson Effect" has been detrimental for police morale. Not only are police chiefs facing a high attrition risk, but they are also witnessing a dangerously low turnout for new recruitment.
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Austin American-Statesman
Lock up the bad guys. Write traffic tickets. Help citizens in distress. That used to be the job description for our police. Not anymore. New laws and policies written by state and local governments may look good on paper, but they just pass more and more responsibility onto our already overworked police.
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ReadWrite
Google’s self-driving cars might yield the road to emergency vehicles, like police cars, automatically. A new U.S. patent shows sensors inside the car recognizing police lights, red and blue, and moving to the side of the road before the emergency vehicle passes.
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