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AUGUST 2026. Blues Vol 42 No.8

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AUGUST 2026. Blues Vol 42 No.8 FEATURES/COVER 98 TCOLE - ACHIEVEMENT AWARD/ ALAN HELFMAN 104 A LOOK AT COP STOP'S NEW LOCATION 112 WHAT HAPPENED TO TEXAS RESERVES 118 REASONABLE USE OF FORCE DEPARTMENTS PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS WEST COAST EDITOR - JESSICA JONES WORDS OF FAITH - LT. JOHN KING LETTERS FROM READERS GUEST COMMENTARY - MIKE SIMONELLI GUEST COMMENTARY - GARY LAYMON NEWS AROUND THE US BREAKING NEWS PRODUCTS - SORITE K9 DECONTAMINATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES WAR STORIES AFTERMATH HONORING BLUE HEART HEROES BLUEPRINTS OF RESILIENCE HEALING OUR HEROES DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS LIGHT BULB AWARD ADS BACK IN THE DAY PARTING SHOTS NOW HIRING BACK PAGE

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    the suspect vehicle traveling at hi

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    tal bond set at 3,000 on the cha

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    CONN. POLICE OFFICER OPENS FIRE AS

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    pedestrians before crashing into a

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    struck in the shooting. A round gra

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    TEXAS POLICE OFFICER HONORED FOR PU

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    to keep both the skies and the publ

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    they weren’t injured, then transp

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    WASH. SWAT UNIT USES CHAINSAW TO EN

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    children were trapped on the second

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    Coast house about a domestic distur

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    in May in Las Vegas, then letting h

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    PHOENIX POLICE STOP KNIFE-WIELDING

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    ‘TALK ABOUT COMMAND PRESENCE': TE

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    may be used in an emergency or to

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    faced did not lessen the child’s

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    deaths of Rip and Boomer were likel

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    WHAT'S NEW Products & Services Poli

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    K9 teams, particularly police K9s.

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    WHAT'S NEW Products & Services 5.11

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    STATE OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT PROF

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    MR. PHILANTHROPY BUSINESSMAN & RESE

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    commitment extends well beyond writ

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    COP STOP New Location, Same Great S

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    7311 Fite Rd. • Pearland, TX 7758

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    112 The BLUES AUGUST JULY ‘26 ‘

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    THE VANISHING RESERVES How Texas Lo

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    forcement system. Over the decades

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    Reasonable Use of Raising Law Enfor

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    over another’s life. Although thi

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    These are only some examples of the

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    CALENDAR OF EVENTS ***BOOKING 2026/

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    HONORING OUR TROOPER FIRST CLASS MI

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    HONORING OUR DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL MI

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    HONORING OUR TOWN MARSHAL BRAD FISH

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    WORDS BY SGT. MICHAEL BARRON The da

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    WORDS BY CALIBER PRESS Surviving a

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    The next morning, a police aerial u

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    HONORING BLUE HEART HEROES Sgt. Bob

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    through a combination of unfortunat

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    BLUEPRINTS OF RESILIENCE Emmanual G

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    beyond crossing the finish line. Ph

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    A BADGE OF HONOR Healing Our Heroes

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    DARYL'S DELIBERATIONS Straddling th

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    NOT SO BRIGHT AWARD Light Bulb Chie

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    THERE ARE parting shots... 164 The

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    NOW HIRING Burleson Police Departme

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    NOW HIRING WELCOME OUR NEWEST DEPAR

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    WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE? CAREER OPPORT

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    NOW HIRING BIG SPRING PD IS NOW HIR

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    BROWNSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT answe

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    Hiring Police Officers Annual Salar

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