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How Panic Buttons Improved Safety at West Georgia Technical College, WGTC, James Perry, Centegix, panic alarms, security ...

While the training and testing at the Lubbock Police Academy are extremely tough, it's often what happens at home that can make or break a recruit.

Get ready, West Texas! Back the Badge Foundation is hosting a special event to raise funds for our brave first responders.

In particular, his classic skull logo has been taken on by military and law enforcement members as a symbol of their own ...

A judge ruled Probation Department officials wrongly retaliated against a veteran woman officer for wearing business attire ...

Police are investigating after a shooting on Tuesday afternoon in southwest Oklahoma City. According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, officers responded to a shooting near Southwest 29th Street ...