Police chief Art Acevedo stressed that the department did not have any indication that the crash was, in fact, a homicide, but said his department was investigating it as such to enable it to be approached with a “wide net.”
May 5, 2020
The City of Austin has begun pulling all 446 of its Ford Explorers and Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles from service after finding traces of carbon monoxide in a significant amount of vehicles.
July 31, 2017
Ford has announced it will host an exclusive Police Interceptor drive on Sept. 29 in Fort Worth, Texas. Government fleet managers and purchasers are invited to attend the event and will have the opportunity to drive the Police Interceptor Sedan, Police Interceptor Utility, and both the F-150 Special Service Vehicle (SSV) and Expedition SSV. The Transit Prisoner Transport Vehicle (PTV) will also be on display.
September 21, 2016
Despite support from Gov. Greg Abbott, officials in Brewster County, TX, have agreed to ban the display of Christian crosses on sheriff's vehicles to settle a lawsuit from the national Freedom From Religion Foundation.
June 8, 2016
New Braunfels PD was awarded the sports car under a federal program that allows police departments to repurpose assets seized in criminal investigations.
September 24, 2015
A Dallas Police Department helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing Monday night after hitting a bird over Lake Ray Hubbard.
March 24, 2015
The next thing you see is the kid takes off running. He’s not in fear of arrest. He’s attempting to catch the football the police officer has tossed to him. The kid returns the ball to the police officer, who tosses him another one.
January 21, 2014
A Mansfield, Texas, teen who led Grand Prairie police on a nearly 10-hour manhunt after shooting at an officer at a traffic stop early Wednesday morning was pronounced dead after he was shot while walking into a neighborhood Christmas afternoon, police said.
December 26, 2013
Sgt. Adam Sowders was part of a team of officers entering a rural residence east of the town of Somerville to serve a warrant.
December 19, 2013
Sgt. Jorge Luis Garcia, 51, was driving a red Ford Ranger toward the Pharr International Bridge for an operational meeting with other officers under his command, when he collided with a dump truck at the intersection of Cage Boulevard and Anaya Road.
August 20, 2013
A handcuffed burglary suspect escaped from the rear of a White Settlement (Texas) Police cruiser and took the vehicle on a joyride captured by the dashboard camera.
December 10, 2012
Upton County (Texas) Sheriff's Office deputy Mike Smith was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a fire at an oil tank battery earlier today, reports the Officer Down Memorial Page.
June 8, 2012
The Montgomery County (Texas) Sheriff's public unveiling of its new surveillance drone quickly fizzled after the unmanned aircraft crashed into the department's Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle.
March 6, 2012
The Pflugerville (Texas) Police Department is switching to Chevrolet Tahoes as its new patrol vehicle because of their versatility, according to the agency.
January 12, 2012
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