Police departments and sheriff’s offices are hiring, but can they fill the slots?
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Police Departments and Sheriff’s Offices are hiring, but can they fill the slots?
SAN ANTONIO – With openings in the jail, on patrol, and in court security, Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward says it has been harder to fill open positions in the past year than it used to be.
“The problem has been just getting qualified applicants,” Soward said. “You know, sometimes you can get applicants, but we do a pretty thorough background check, and sometimes applicants don’t make it through the background check. So the quality of applicants has certainly dropped off, as well as the quantity of them.”
Comal County Sheriffâs Office investigators and Texas Rangers revealed few details into the probe into Friday morningâs shooting that hospitalized a Canyon Lake man and sent the accused shooter to the Comal County Jail.
âI donât know if there are any updates â I just know that itâs under investigation,â Sheriff Mark Reynolds said on Monday. âThere are a lot of details that theyâre still trying to uncover.
âIâm going to say that they are going to wait until such time as they get all the details.â
CCSO deputies and Canyon Lake Fire and EMS units responded to a home in the 1000 block of Real Lane in Canyon Lake at approximately 6:33 a.m. on Friday. Canyon Lake Fire Chief Darren Brinkkoeter said a 28-year-old man was in critical condition when he was transported by ground EMS to Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle.Â
A Canyon Lake man was charged in the shooting of another man early Friday morning, Comal County Sheriffâs Office said.
Jennifer Smith, CCSO public information officer, said deputies and Canyon Lake Fire and EMS units responded to a residence in the 1000 block of Real Lane in Canyon Lake at approximately 6:33 a.m. Friday.
âThe CCSO received a 9-1-1 call regarding an adult male victim involved in a shooting, Smith said. âDeputies, along with Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services, responded to the location to perform lifesaving measures.â
Canyon Lake Fire and EMS Chief Darren Brinkkoeter confirmed one man was transported by ground EMS to Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle, where he was in critical condition.Â
A 27-year-old man faces charges of aggravated assault after the Friday morning shooting.
Credit: KENS Published: 6:13 PM CDT July 9, 2021 Updated: 6:14 PM CDT July 9, 2021
A Canyon Lake man is battling gunshot injuries and another 27-year-old man has been arrested following some kind of domestic dispute that turned violent on Friday, local authorities said.
Deputies with the Comal County Sheriff s Office arrived at a home off Real Lane around 6:30 a.m., where they believe the two men and a woman were arguing before gunfire broke out. Brandon Cramer was placed into custody on charges of aggravated assault/family violence after being questioned by detectives.
No further details were available Tuesday on Fridayâs drowning on the Comal River that claimed the life of a 62-year-old New Mexico man.
Police said Albert L. Aranda, 62, from Farmington, New Mexico did not immediately resurface after going through the city Tube Chute. He was pulled from the water but efforts to revive him at the scene and at a New Braunfels hospital were unsuccessful.
David Ferguson, city communications coordinator, said New Braunfels police and fire units arrived on the scene around 3:15 p.m. Friday.
âOfficers arrived to find that lifeguards and citizens had pulled the man from the water and lifeguards performed CPR on the man until paramedics arrived on the scene,â he said. âThe man was then transported to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels where he was later pronounced deceased.â