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Houston Chronicle
The nice old man near Old Town Spring calls 911 every month or so to complain about people hiding in the attic of his home. There's nothing there, of course, except the inventions of his dementia and schizoaffective disorder. But he's now on a first-name basis with the sheriff's office Crisis Intervention Response Team. They don't arrest him, not even when they find 55 gallons of gasoline stashed in the attic to keep out the imaginary people.
Now the Harris County Sheriff's Office may have a better solution. A new telepsychiatry pilot program debuting Tuesday will arm deputies with tablets equipped to dial in to psychiatrists for urgent video chats, offering professional help out in the field to people who don't necessarily need to go to jail or an emergency room.
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KFDM-TV
A 33-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced Monday. Jaime Cruz Romero pleaded guilty on May 17 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and recently was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.
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KTXS-TV
A sheriff's deputy got a laugh Thursday when he pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation and found a hot dog on the rear bumper that had traveled for more than a hundred miles. The Brown County Sheriff's Office shared the deputy's experience in a Facebook post.
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Law Officer
A recent study conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas showed that use of force complaints dropped significantly at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after the agency deployed body cameras. The year-long study, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, began in 2014 and concluded in 2015. The study evaluated 416 officers, 218 of whom wore body cameras.
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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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KVUE-TV
For those of you in Williamson County wondering when Santa's sleigh will be coming to town Christmas Eve, your sheriff's got you covered. In a thorough YouTube video posted Dec. 17, Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody announced a new "Santa Sighting" task force.
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Dover Post
Only a decade ago, the idea of using flying cameras to solve crimes seemed like something out of a made-for-TV science fiction film. Today, however, fiction has become a reality, and police agencies across the country increasingly are turning to these miniature aerial platforms to help in their work.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Police recovered 78 weapons of all types during a gun buyback on Saturday, Dec. 9, but could not keep up with the event’s Christmas-like rush.
By 12:40 p.m., all 50 of the $50 Visa gift cards budgeted for the event were gone. At the time, police had collected about 57 weapons. The event began at noon and ended before the scheduled 4 p.m. stop time, according to police.
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By Simma Lieberman
 I've worked in the diversity and inclusion field for more than 25 years, yet I'm still astonished by the number of accusations and incidents that are now being reported on a near-daily basis. No industry seems to be immune, and some abusers target men as well as women. Responsible organizations are seeking solutions, but they're not sure what to do besides scheduling the old standby — sexual harassment training.
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PoliceOne.com
Almost all police officers likely would predict they would immediately observe a handgun if it were set on the dashboard during a traffic stop. However, a study conducted at the University of Illinois Police Training Institute involving 100 recruits (during the first four weeks of training) and 75 veteran officers found that many officers in both groups failed to notice a gun at any point during a simulated stop.
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