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Four people tied to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office committed suicide recently, calling attention to ongoing mental health struggles among law enforcement.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said one of its officers shot and killed a man Sunday morning after he attacked his girlfriend and a police officer’s vehicle before charging at a police officer.

Law enforcement officers are 54% more likely to die from suicide compared to people in other professions, shared a 2021 analysis published in the National Library of Medicine. Yuri Herrera is the Professional Standards Unit Officer with the Odessa Police Department.

The 34th class of local law enforcement officers and first responders will graduate from crisis-intervention training May 16.

White Oak ISD was the most heavily policed campus in East Texas on Wednesday morning as dozens of members of law enforcement gathered to add an honorary officer to their