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NewsJuly 23, 2024

Off-Duty Texas Deputy Killed in Crash Involving Wrong Way Driver

Deputy Meredith Portillo had two passenger in her vehicle when it was struck by the wrong way driver, the sheriff’s office said.

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NewsJuly 17, 2024

Austin Names Two Finalists for Police Chief

The two finalists are: Lisa Davis, the assistant chief of the Cincinnati Police Department, and Jeffrey Norman, the chief of the Milwaukee Police Department.

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NewsJuly 15, 2024

Second Suspect Charged with Capital Murder Over Killing of Texas Deputy

A witness told police it sounded like there were two different guns, prosecutors said in probable cause court. Investigators discovered 41 shell casings at the scene from two different types of guns.

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Newsby David GriffithJuly 11, 2024

Texas Detective Ambushed and Killed During Search for Assault Suspect

Deputy Fernando Esqueda, a detective with the Sheriff’s Office, was working a looting suppression detail in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl when he and his team responded to an assault at a Houston Little Caesars restaurant.

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NewsJuly 9, 2024

Civilian Employee for Houston Police Drowns During Flooding from Hurricane

Acting Chief Larry Satterwhite said that 54-year-old Russell Richardson, an information security officer, drowned after being caught in the flood waters.

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NewsJune 28, 2024

Former Uvalde School Police Chief Indicted Over Response to Mass Shooting

He faces 10 counts of abandoning and endangering a child for, by act and omission, “intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, and with criminal negligence,” placing 10 minors in imminent danger by not identifying the shooting as an active shooter incident.

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NewsJune 19, 2024

Suspended Fresno Chief, Former Seattle Chief Apply to Lead Austin Police

Paco Balderrama was placed on paid administrative leave from his role as Fresno police chief earlier this month. The decision came after allegations of Balderrama being involved in an 'inappropriate relationship' came to light.

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NewsJune 6, 2024

Austin Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man Making Molotov Cocktail Inside Gas Station

Police said the suspect shot at officers and started pouring lighter fluid into a container with a rag to create a Molotov cocktail.

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NewsMay 22, 2024

Uvalde Victims’ Families Sue Texas DPS Officers, Settle with City

In the settlement announced Wednesday, the city of Uvalde will pay a total of $2 million to the families of 17 children killed in the shooting and two children who survived, according to a statement from the families' attorneys.

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NewsMay 22, 2024

Dallas Police Chief Agrees to Stay for Three More Years

"If this was NFL Football, we were able to keep Chief Garcia on the Dallas Team; he's the right quarterback to lead our police department. We certainly didn't want to lose him to free agency," Interim Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said.

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