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Dean is accused of killing 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson when he fired a shot from outside the home through a window. The body camera Dean was wearing during the incident recorded the officer ordering someone to show their hands. Officials say Dean did not identify himself as a police officer before firing.
Police Chief Ed Kraus said he intended to fire Officer Aaron Dean, who had been on the force since April 2018, on Monday morning, but Dean resigned first.
Law enforcement officers from Southern Texas—including contingents from the Mission Police Department, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, and the US Customs and Border Protection—were among a "sea of law enforcement" who attended the first football game to be played by the 13-year-old son of a Mission PD officer killed in the line of duty in June.
A man from the United Kingdom is paying tribute to the service of Harris County (TX) Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal with a specially painted sports car.
A deputy with the Falls County (TX) Sheriff's Department was struck and killed as he assisted a motorist stopped beside a freeway in the central area of the state on Friday afternoon.
An officer with the Houston Police Department who was responding to a call of a suicidal subject struck and killed a bicyclist on Tuesday night.
A Texas man who took an officer's baton and beat him with it was fatally shot by that officer on Tuesday morning.
Since news of Brown’s death broke publicly, conspiracy theories have been swirling about why he was gunned down. Many have said the Dallas Police Department was responsible for the man's slaying.
A San Antonio, TX, police officer was seriously injured when he was pinned between a vehicle and a guardrail while setting up flares after a police pursuit by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. The chief blames the county's pursuit policy.
Some officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety may have to slim down if they wish to keep their jobs with the agency.