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KTRK-TV
Six people were killed at a Texas campsite and a suspect has been arrested and charged in the weekend homicides, authorities said Monday. Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said the bodies were found in rural Anderson County, southeast of Dallas.
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The Associated Press via Alaska Dispatch News
A Texas sheriff's office turned to social media in an effort to track down the owner of a cigarette lighter used by a deputy more than 50 years ago but recently purchased in Alaska. The hunt began when the Bexar County Sheriff's Office posted a photo of the lighter on its Facebook page.
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FedScoop
The House has passed a bill authorizing the Secret Service to provide training for state and local police and prosecutors to help them better combat cybercrime.
The "Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act," H.R. 3490, was introduced in September by Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, and provides a legislative framework for the operation of the National Computer Forensics Institute.
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Former sheriffs, including a SAT past president, help TAC Risk Management Pool member counties reduce their law enforcement operations liabilities and exposures. New territory map online.
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KLTV-TV
With the Open Carry Act effective date only one month away, some East Texas government buildings are preparing for the upcoming changes to their weapons policies. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith urged commissioners on Tuesday to approve posting Penal Code section 30.06 "no weapons" signs on the Smith County courthouse after Jan. 1.
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KTRK-TV
One family is extra thankful this Thanksgiving due to the generosity of a Lewisville police officer.
Nicole Dean was driving home she saw flashing lights in her rearview mirror. She was worried she was about to get a ticket for a minor traffic violation.
The officer pulling her over was Jeremy Reyna. As he walked up to her door, he noticed her little boy in the back seat, sitting in a child safety seat that clearly had better days.
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Sports Illustrated
The National Fraternal Order of Police has asked for an exemption for certain off-duty and retired officers from the current ban on guns in NFL stadiums. Chuck Canterbury, the police union's president, wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell making the request for the legal carrying of firearms in stadiums by certain individuals associated with law enforcement. In Texas, because state law takes precedent over NFL regulations, the league's policy does not affect Cowboys and Texans home games.
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PoliceOne.com
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution affirms, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Here in the United States, laws founded on the Constitution and Bill of Rights protect us against warrantless searches and seizures, a practice commonly exercised over the American colonists by the British Crown. As law enforcement professionals, we're not only required to conduct warranted searches, but we're sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
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Los Angeles Times
In the open country along the Southwest border, law enforcement is often a game of distance and numbers. Smugglers, human traffickers and migrants entering the country illegally count on vast stretches of unguarded border to ensure safe passage. That leaves Border Patrol agents and county sheriff's deputies chasing people through open space, often at night, their targets too far for a stun gun, which can reach only about eight to 10 feet.
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