Texas Sheriff’s Office Deploys RFID-Based User-Authenticated Firearm for Prisoner Transport Operations

A sheriff’s office in Texas is now using RFID-based user-authenticated firearms, from Free State Firearms, for prisoner transfer and transport operations.

Steiner’s T1Xi Selected as Top Performer in Texas DPS Optic Evaluation

Steiner Optics’ T1Xi was selected as the top-performing red dot in the recent Texas Department of Public Safety optic evaluation.

Texas Police Department Adds Reconview Tower

A Texas police chief shares how the Decatur Police Department will use its new Reconview observation tower.

Emergency Vehicle Upfitter LEHR Expands National Footprint with New 40,000-Square-Foot Facility in Houston

LEHR has opened a 40,000-square-foot Defender Supply upfitting facility in Houston, Texas. It is expected to upfit thousands of public safety vehicles each year.

El Centro PD Releases Video of Fatal OIS

The El Centro Police Department released video of when an officer fatally shot a man who had been reported to have a gun and then pointed the object at the officer. The object was not a gun and appears to be a bicycle seat.

2 Utah Officers Killed, Deputy Wounded at Domestic

The slain officers have been identified as Sgt. Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada in a statement from the Tremontan-Garland PD.

Gunman Killed in OIS Outside Texas Police Department

Seven officers fired on a man when he pointed his weapon at officers outside the police department in Temple, Texas, on Thursday night. The man had called 911 to say he wanted to die and yelled at police to kill him before pointing his weapon at officers.

Tampa Officer Shot in Leg Outside of Station

Around 8:15 a.m. a Tampa PD sergeant found Master Police Officer Jordan Laupert with a gunshot wound to his leg.

FirstNet Deploys Therapy Dog to Comfort Texas Flood Responders

Texas Officers Saved Many Lives During Hill Country Flooding

“This tragedy could have been so much worse,” Kerrville Police Community Officer Jonathan Lamb said, referring to the many rescues performed by local first responders.