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The Biden administration is pushing out the most senior career official at the country’s largest law enforcement agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to two people with firsthand knowledge.
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security chose not to keep CBP Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez on as the second in command of the federal agency. Perez was promoted to his position at CBP headquarters in Washington in July 2018 and oversaw operations of trade, travel, immigration, and national security at land, air, and sea borders.
Biden officials attempted to demote Perez, a 29-year federal law enforcement officer, by transferring him to an office in Tucson, Arizona. Perez now plans to retire, the people said.
To install this neighborhood network and 9 more like it in Dallas, the city used $2 million in federal COVID-19 relief money from the CARES program.
“I think this is some of the best use of the CARES Act dollars that we have made,” council member Casey Thomas said.
Another $2.8 million of federal money paid for 10 more neighborhood networks connected wirelessly to city buildings with Wi-Fi transmitters mounted on new street light poles.
Council member Paula Blackmon said those poles provide an additional benefit.
“Lighting up, we ve all been talking about how lighting can help bring our crime numbers down,” Blackmon said.
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Harris County Sheriff s Office deputy dies from COVID-19 complications
Deputy Alexander Gwosdz (Photo: Harris County Sheriff s Office)
HOUSTON - A Harris County deputy passed away Wednesday from COVID-19 complications, the sheriff’s office says.
Deputy Alexander Gwosdz, 32, was a 9-year agency veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Our hearts, prayers, and condolences go out to his grieving family, loved ones, and colleagues, the sheriff’s office said in a release.
Deputy Gwosdz joined the agency in 2012 as a detention officer responsible for the custody and care of those in the largest jail in Texas. Since graduating from the Sheriff’s Office Basic Peace Officer Course in 2014, he has served as a patrol deputy in northwest Harris County.