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The New Mexico State Police have arrested a Ruidoso teacher from a Christian Academy who allegedly sexually assaulted ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officially has a new class of state troopers. On Friday, 138 new ...

Texas Lt. Gov ... of steady drops in police staffing numbers. City and police officials repeatedly decried the state of the current basic academy in Red Bird, which is worn down by years of ...

Dan Patrick stands at the dais as he speaks to the Senate during the second day of the 89th regular session at the Texas State Capitol ... s plans for a new academy for police recruits.

Right now, recruits are in the middle of their 50-hour course learning the penal code, or as Officer Tommy Prumer calls it, ...

The University of North Texas at Dallas will likely ... the documents state. The News reported last week that the new police training academy would be broken into two projects.

On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class ...

Across the state, counties and cities offer local government citizens’ academies and local law enforcement agencies run police department academies, but Guadalupe County’s academy — launched ...