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I asked in a post the other day about the cost of police officers providing funeral escorts. Thanks again to all who participated in that discussion.
Based on the questions raised there, I went to Victoria Police Chief Bruce Ure for the facts. Many thanks to him, too, for his prompt and...
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A couple of readers questioned our headline on Thursday's story about the indicted four's hearing. Every twist and turn of this saga invites scrutiny, of course.
The question -- "Could charges be dropped?" -- is meant to be neutral. We're not trying to say the charges should be...
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I was cruising down Main Street toward downtown Saturday morning when I had to brake suddenly even though my light was green at Crestwood.
A police officer with lights on had pulled out into the intersection even though he had a red light. Of course, flashing police lights always take...
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The use of force by police officers has, of course, been the subject of controversy for decades now. At whatever level, and regarding every kind of force imaginable, ideological, political, and even religious factors intervene to exacerbate the level of unscientific opinion,...
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The Austin Police Commanders are meeting on July 8th to get themselves ready to implement a new federal program in Austin.
If you refuse a breathalyzer, the program allows the police officer to not only arrest you, but hold you down and taken a sample of your blood by force....
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Not so long ago, Steven Tyler sat down with Victoria Police Chief, Bruce Ure, and Victoria County Sheriff, T. Michael O’Connor, to hash out several areas of dispute.
Long story short, an agreement was reached that all sides agreed to abide by. One of several areas of contention was...
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When an Officer is killed in the line of duty, there is a special ceremony done at the funeral. It is very moving and cannot but touch everyone who hears it.
It is called Final Call.
This is the ceremony which retires an Officers Badge number permanently, never to be used again...
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You ever hear the old saying, "You can't have you cake and eat it too"? Well when I hear people complaining about cops speeding or harrassing them with tickets, rather than catching REAL criminals, I think about this letter that reflects a cops point of view.
Well, Mr. Citizen,...
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Race and relevancy in reporting continues to be a fine line that most newspapers walk. A story we published on Wednesday stirred the debate in our newsroom.
Here's a note I sent out to the news staff today:
Race/ethnicity and relevancy in police description
In general, do not use...
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A couple of days ago, we ran a story in the Advocate about rival girl gangs in Calhoun County. Police arrested members of one of the gangs, a mother and grandmother when things escalated.
A reader posted a comment to that story about zero tolerance at schools, and how maybe zero tolerance has...
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So producers are moving forward on the fourth entry in the racing series. Personally I think it should be called "4 the Fast & 4 the Furious" but that's me.
This one will finally do what the two sequels were supposed to do in reuniting Paul Walker and Vin Diesel's characters.
If...
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A reader yesterday asked about a story we published last month. I apologize for not immediately recognizing the story from the reader's description. I've pasted it below. (I would prefer to link to it, but I'll spare you the roadblock of our paid archives. Perhaps we'll change our approach to...
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