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Texas school district adds SWAT team to increase school safety

Texas school district adds SWAT team to increase school safety

EDINBURG, TX  — Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District in Texas is bulking up their school police force by adding in a SWAT team. "We felt … Read More

A rescue helicopter with members of the Mexican General Civil Aeronautic Directorate (DGAC) stand on top of the hill right next to the canyon where U.S.-born singer Jenni Rivera's jet crashed near the town of Iturbude, Mexico, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Hans Maximo Musielik)

Police arrested in thefts from Rivera crash site

MONTERREY, Mexico — Officials say two state police officers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing unspecified items from the scene of the plane crash … Read More

An East Haven Police car is viewed leaving the police station on February 1, 2012 in East Haven, Connecticut. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Conn. city to settle US claims of police anti-Latino bias; officer pleads guilty

HARTFORD, Conn. — A suburban Connecticut city roiled by a police bias scandal has reached a proposed settlement of U.S. claims that officers engaged in a … Read More

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Police stand on a street corner at Coney Island on July 12, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Opinion: Other cities have recognized the costs of stop-and-frisk are too high, will NYC?

On Sunday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the city’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” program.  He said that the police program has a … Read More