Law Enforcement

Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

Voters will be asked whether the Office of Police Oversight should operate independently of the department it oversees. Council members could have just approved the move themselves, but voted instead to put the measure on the May ballot.

The devices scan license plates in the hopes of assisting police in tracking down stolen vehicles, missing children and people who have felony warrants. Opponents argue they could be used to track people seeking abortions or undocumented immigrants.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is also joining the county's health department and other local law enforcement agencies as part of an overdose task force.

A recent analysis of Oath Keepers’ membership rolls leaked last year found that Texas had more members of the far-right extremist group than any other state — and the most who worked as elected officials, law enforcement officers or members of the military.

The Texas Department of Public Safety had 91 officers responding to the shooting at Robb Elementary School — the second highest number of officers on scene.

Families of the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary had been demanding Arredondo be fired since details became clear of the law enforcement failures that day.

In taking this step, San Marcos joins several other local governments in Texas that are weighing abortion rights in their communities after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort.

Families of the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School Shooting have been demanding Pete Arredondo be fired for nearly two months.