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Awards and decorations of the Texas government are bestowed by various agencies of the Texas government to citizens, employees, or service members for acts of accomplishment, meritorious service, eminence in a field, or a specific heroic act.
This category refers to people associated with the U.S. state of Texas who are or have been law enforcement officials. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Drug Enforcement Administration: Individuals who had lost their lives or been seriously injured enforcing the drug laws of the United States. [14] [15] United States: FBI Honorary Medals: Federal Bureau of Investigation: Exceptional acts by FBI employees and other law enforcement personnel working with the FBI. [16] United States: George Fencl ...
Name Original chapter Notability References Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, J.D., Ph.D. Gamma: 1919–1923. Mossell Alexander was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, one of the first Black women to receive a Phi Beta Kappa Key in the state of Pennsylvania, and the first ...
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The Goodman family was involved in intellectual and socially progressive activism and were devoted to social justice. His mother Carolyn was a lifelong labor activist. In her youth, she helped farm workers to organize and was active in community efforts to support the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. [5]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 2,795 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state. These agencies employed 81,196 sworn peace officers, about 244 for each 100,000 residents.
A group of national law enforcement leaders have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris weeks after the National Fraternal Order of Police backed former President Donald Trump.. The group, Police ...