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Newsby Staff WriterMay 23, 2018

Houston Chief in War of Words with NRA Over Gun Control

"@ArtAcevedo plays the part of a police chief ... he says he wants to go after criminals, but for him apparently the easiest way to do that is to make new criminals that are easy to catch — make criminals out of law-abiding gun owners," NRATV tweeted late Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 23, 2018

Video Disputes Woman's Claim That She was Sexually Assaulted by Texas Trooper

After the Department of Public Safety published the full nearly 2-hour body-cam video of the incident, Sherita Dixon-Cole's attorney, Lee Merritt, apologized online and said that the trooper in question had been "falsely accused."

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2018

Video: Sheriff Praises LE Response to Texas School Shooting

"Four minutes is about the only timeline that we need to key in on," Sheriff Henry Trochesset said Monday evening, offering new details on how police managed to stop the gunman in Friday’s deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.

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Videosby Staff WriterMay 22, 2018

Sheriff Praises LE Response to Texas School Shooting

"Heroes" inside Santa Fe High School last week cornered the mass shooter within four minutes, keeping him contained until additional officers arrived to evacuate teachers and students, the Galveston County, TX, Sheriff said. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2018

Texas Officer Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash

Bishop, TX, Officer Pedro Vela was off duty and riding his motorcycle when he was struck in a hit-and-run crash. He died early Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2018

Santa Fe High School SRO Reportedly "Flatlined" Twice After Shooting, Now Recovering

Ten people were killed and 13 were injured during the shooting at Santa Fe High School, but the toll could have been much worse had not school police officer John Barnes, 49, confronted the gunman. Governor Greg Abbott said Barnes and another officer arrived “early in the process,” adding, “Their actions probably ensured that more lives were not lost.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2018

10 Killed in Texas School Shooting, Officer Critically Wounded

Santa Fe Police Officer John Barnes, a retired Houston police officer, was transported to the hospital, by Life Flight, with a gunshot wound to his upper arm. He has lost a lot of blood and is in critical condition, according to hospital staff.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2018

8 Killed in Texas School Shooting, Officer Injured

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet that two people have been taken into custody and that an officer is being treated for injuries.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 14, 2018

Texas Program Trains Patrol Officers How to Spot Child Trafficking

A Texas-based training program, called Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC), teaches law enforcement officers how to spot indicators of child-sex trafficking and conduct roadside investigations.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 11, 2018

Video: Councilman Backs Off Claims of Racial Profiling by Texas PD

The McKinney (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest of a city councilman following a traffic stop. Before seeing the video, Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell had claimed he was racially profiled. But then he saw the footage.

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