Tag: Cameron County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO)

Securing the nation’s borders is the top priority of the U.S. Border Patrol.

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department has come up with solutions on how to address overtime hours in the department along with the cost of feeding inmates in the county jails.

Interlocal agreements between the Harlingen School District, the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department and Cameron County Constables Pct. 5 and Pct. 3 will allow off duty officers with these agencies to provide security at Harlingen schools.

Cameron County Commissioners Court made it clear Tuesday that they want Sheriff Eric Garza involved in discussions about solutions pertaining to its budget shortfall.

With about $2 million in overtime pay for deputies and jailers, and another $1.9 million in food services provided to Cameron County inmates, County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. has asked the county’s budget officer to meet with authorities with the sheriff’s department to see if there is a way to trim the costs.

A juvenile remains in custody of county authorities after he was accused of firing off a handgun that left an 18-year-old woman dead.

A Brownsville family is mourning the death of their beloved American bulldog after it was brutally attacked by a man armed with a knife.

Cameron County Park Rangers continue to investigate an auto-pedestrian incident that left a Brownsville boy dead.

HARLINGEN — The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the murder of an 18-year-old man found dying in the back seat of his friend’s car, officials said.

A man threatening to jump from a 200-foot tower was rescued by firefighters in La Feria on Friday.