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USA Today
For nearly 25 years, Joe Tackitt Jr.'s career as Wilson County sheriff was about as quiet as the neighborhood streets in the small towns tucked away in farm and cattle country.
But the peace in this town of about 600 just southeast of San Antonio was recently shattered with the deadly hammering of gunfire in the middle of a worship service at First Baptist Church. And when the death toll jumped, from a handful into the teens and finally to 26, Tackitt's life as a low-key rural sheriff change dramatically.
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CBS News
As in any mass shooting, law enforcement is looking for clues that could help prevent the next attack.
Police in Hamilton, Ohio, are training for the next active shooter situation, CBS News' justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.
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The Texas Tribune
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez has emerged as potential Democratic challenger to Gov. Greg Abbott in 2018.
In an interview, Valdez described herself as "in the exploratory process," looking at the data for a potential run against the Republican incumbent. "I've been approached, and I'm listening," she said.
There are 35 days until the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 primaries, and Texas Democrats are looking for a serious contender to take on Abbott.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Legendary football coach and Texas icon Bum Phillips didn't wear his cowboy hat in the Houston Astrodome because his mother taught him not to wear a hat indoors.
McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara never met Coach Phillips or his mother.
McNamara recently spent $22,400 on 290 cowboy hats for his deputies to wear everywhere they go, except in courtrooms or church.
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PoliceOne
Law enforcement agencies across the country are facing monumental recruitment challenges reflective of our current turbulent political climate. For some people who may have contemplated pursuing a law enforcement career, their minds may have changed due to the anti-police sentiment we've seen over the last several years. For cops already employed, they may wonder whether to remain in their current department or the field itself.
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CorrectionsOne
Probation and parole officers can place a GPS unit on an offender as an intermediate sanction to help curb problematic behavior, or use a GPS unit in pre-trial settings instead of keeping an offender in jail.
This provides probation and parole officers with real-time information on an offender's current whereabouts and information on the offender's past whereabouts through the GPS program.
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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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By Bambi Majumdar
 Crime lab backlog is nothing new. It is as much a result of rising crime stats as it is about rapidly changing technology. Labs need to update themselves with the latest technology to stay ahead of crime, but budget restraints have long held them back. That is why any news about funding crime labs is good news for all. West Virginia recently made headlines in this regard when authorities announced $1 million funding for its State Police crime lab.
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PoliceOne
The opioid crisis is better understood as a fentanyl crisis with real dangers to emergency responders, according to an expert-panel presentation convened in Las Vegas at EMS World Expo 2017.
The panel discussion, sponsored by Bound Tree Medical, included a Drug Enforcement Administration chemist and an EMS medical director, and focused on the risks to fentanyl exposure and contamination to EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and police officers.
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WKRG-TV
A deputy in Florida brought some big smiles to a little boy from Alabama battling cancer. William turned 3 recently, and he had a giant birthday bash with law enforcement, firefighters and other emergency workers. Winkler drove all the way from Okaloosa County to help celebrate. Winkler showed William his car and posed for several photos.
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Officer.com
Hankinson will be nominated for a Medal of Distinguished Service, an award that honors a Collier deputy who "distinguishes himself in the performance of an act of courage involving probable risk of personal injury for the purpose of saving or protecting human life," according to the Sheriff's Office.
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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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The Sacramento Bee
A western New York county now has a "Safe Transaction Zone" outside the sheriff's office for people doing business with strangers online.
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office created the safe zone in the village of Geneseo amid a national increase in crimes associated with online purchases. A number of municipalities around the nation have set up similar safe sites.
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Cape Cod Times
The Barnstable County Sheriff's Office could soon be an immigration enforcement authority in partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The ICE 287(g) Program Advisory Board is scheduled to meet to discuss and vote on 26 applications, including one from that office, according to a memorandum obtained by the Cape Cod Coalition for Safe Communities.
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